CVE-2026-40991
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40991
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40991.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-40991
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-06-09T23:46:33Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-12T15:41:04Z
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- XML External Entity (XXE) injection when documenting untrusted XML content
- Details
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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.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "vmware", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-611" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40991.json", "unresolved_ranges": [ { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "4.0.0" }, { "fixed": "4.0.0.1" }, { "introduced": "3.0.0" }, { "fixed": "3.0.5.1" }, { "introduced": "2.0.0.RELEASE" }, { "fixed": "2.0.9.RELEASE" } ], "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD" }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "3.0.0" }, { "fixed": "3.0.5" }, { "introduced": "2.0.0.RELEASE" }, { "fixed": "2.0.8.RELEASE" } ], "source": "DESCRIPTION" } ] }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs
- Events
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IntroducedLast Affected
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "4.0.0-NA" }, { "last_affected": "4.0.0-NA" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }