CVE-2026-40991

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Publication date:

10/06/2026

Last modified:

17/07/2026

Description

When using spring-restdocs-webtestclient or spring-restdocs-restassured to document a remote API accessed over HTTP, an attacker who compromises the API or tricks the user into documenting a malicious API can perform an XXE injection attack when the documentation-generating tests are next executed.<br /> <br /> Affected versions:<br /> Spring REST Docs 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.5; 2.0.0.RELEASE through 2.0.8.RELEASE.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

5.90

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs::::::::	2.0.0 (including)	2.0.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs::::::::	3.0.0 (including)	3.0.5.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:4.0.0:-::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991