GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf Spring Web Services: SSRF via unvalidated WS-Addressing reply destinations

HIGH Published 2026-06-11 Modified 2026-08-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-40999
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-918
Reviewed
2026-08-21

Affected packages

• Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.2 → fixed in 5.0.2 • Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.4 → fixed in 4.1.4 • Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.18 (no fix yet) • Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core: >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.8 (no fix yet)

Description

When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured WebServiceMessageSender instances to destinations taken directly from request headers without verifying that those destinations are safe to connect to. Affected versions: Spring Web Services 5.0.0 through 5.0.1; 4.1.0 through 4.1.3; 4.0.0 through 4.0.18; 3.1.0 through 3.1.8.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-40999 When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery weakness

References