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CVE-2026-40994 (GCVE-0-2026-40994)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-11 05:03 – Updated: 2026-06-23 19:47
VLAI
Title
Wss4jSecurityInterceptor disables WS-I BSP validation by default
Summary
Wss4jSecurityInterceptor initialized its BSP (WS-I Basic Security Profile) compliance flag so that inbound validation disabled WSS4J BSP enforcement on RequestData. Services that validate WS-Security on the network could therefore accept messages that violate BSP rules, weakening protocol-level checks. 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
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-11 12:45 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1188 - Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring Spring Web Services Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.1.1 (custom)
Affected: 4.1.0 , < 4.1.3.1 (custom)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.19 (custom)
Affected: 3.1.0 , < 3.1.9 (custom)
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