CVE-2026-40997: SOAP security faults leak Spring Security account state
Spring · Spring Web Services
Vendor fix available · Affected: Spring Web Services · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Spring · Spring Web Servicesfrom 5.0.0 before 5.0.1.1; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.3.1; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.19; from 3.1.0 before 3.1.9
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