CVSS 3.1
8.6 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2026-40999
High (8.6) in broadcom spring web services. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core 4.1.4, 5.0.2.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-918
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- broadcom:spring_web_services
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core | >=5.0.0 <5.0.2 | 5.0.2 |
| GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core | >=4.1.0 <4.1.4 | 4.1.4 |
| GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core | >=4.0.0 <=4.0.18 | no fix published |
| GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf | Maven | org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core | >=3.1.0 <=3.1.8 | no fix published |