Vulnerability intelligence

CVE-2026-40998

Spring Spring Web Services CWE-611

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.

CVSS Score

8.2

High

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.4%

Riskier than 28% of all CVEs · checked 2026-09-10

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV does not include every exploited vulnerability

Remediation

unknown

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