CVE-2026-40998

Name: CVE-2026-40998
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2026-06-11T07:16:27.787+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

HIGHCVSS 8.2/10EPSS 0.35%

Last modified Jun 23, 2026

This CVE is reserved or awaiting analysis. Details will appear once published by NVD.

Description

Jaxp13XPathTemplate evaluated XPath expressions for StreamSource and SAXSource inputs using a code path that parsed attacker-controlled XML with the JDK's default DocumentBuilderFactory behavior instead of Spring's hardened parser configuration. Applications that evaluate XPath against untrusted XML payloads could therefore be exposed to XML External Entity (XXE) style attacks. 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

8.2/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS Probability

0.35%

27.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40998

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 23, 2026
Status: Awaiting Analysis

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Source: NVD / NIST