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CVE-2026-40998

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Publication date:
11/06/2026
Last modified:
04/09/2026

Description

Jaxp13XPathTemplate evaluated XPath expressions for StreamSource and SAXSource inputs using a code path that parsed attacker-controlled XML with the JDK&amp;#39;s default DocumentBuilderFactory behavior instead of Spring&amp;#39;s hardened parser configuration. Applications that evaluate XPath against untrusted XML payloads could therefore be exposed to XML External Entity (XXE) style attacks.<br /> <br /> Affected versions:<br /> 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x
8.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.1.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.0.0 (including) 4.0.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.1.0 (including) 4.1.3.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.0.0 (including) 5.0.1.1 (excluding)

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