CVSS 3.1
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NCVE-2026-40997
Medium (5.3) in broadcom spring web services. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security 4.1.4, 5.0.2.
Several Spring WS integration paths with Spring Security could surface detailed account state (for example locked or disabled user semantics) to remote SOAP clients through exception messages or callback outcomes, instead of failing with generic authentication errors. That behavior assists remote attackers in distinguishing valid accounts from invalid ones and inferring lifecycle state.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-209
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- broadcom:spring_web_services
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-5x25-c2rf-f2jx | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security | >=5.0.0 <5.0.2 | 5.0.2 |
| GHSA-5x25-c2rf-f2jx | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security | >=4.1.0 <4.1.4 | 4.1.4 |
| GHSA-5x25-c2rf-f2jx | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security | >=4.0.0 <=4.0.18 | no fix published |
| GHSA-5x25-c2rf-f2jx | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security | >=3.1.0 <=3.1.8 | no fix published |