8.6 HighCWE-918
CVE-2026-40999
Spring WS SSRF via unvalidated WS-Addressing reply destinations
SpringSpring Web Services
Status
- Not in CISA KEV
- Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 25 Oct
0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Higher than 36% of scored CVEs
SeverityCVSS
8.6High
Description NVD
When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured WebServiceMessageSender instances to destinations taken directly from request headers without verifying that those destinations are safe to connect to. 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.
Coverage 1 article · 1 outlet
- Spring Framework Patches Critical Flaws, Urges Immediate UpgradeSecurityOnline · first in our coverage · mentions it in passing