CVSS 3.1
5.9 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:LCVE-2026-40991
Medium (5.9) in broadcom spring rest docs. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient 3.0.6, 4.0.1.
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.
Affected versions:
Spring REST Docs 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.5; 2.0.0.RELEASE through 2.0.8.RELEASE.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-611
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- broadcom:spring_rest_docs
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 | Maven | org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient | >=4.0.0 <4.0.1 | 4.0.1 |
| GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 | Maven | org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient | >=3.0.0 <3.0.6 | 3.0.6 |
| GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 | Maven | org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient | <=2.0.8.RELEASE | no fix published |
| GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 | Maven | org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured | >=4.0.0 <4.0.1 | 4.0.1 |
| GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 | Maven | org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured | >=3.0.0 <3.0.6 | 3.0.6 |
| GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 | Maven | org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured | <=2.0.8.RELEASE | no fix published |