Jaxp13 XPath XXE via StreamSource and SAXSource
CVE-2026-40998

8.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Spring

Status
Spring Web Services
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-40998?

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.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Web Services 5.0.0 < 5.0.2

Spring Web Services 4.1.0 < 4.1.4

Spring Web Services 4.0.0 < 4.0.19

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40998

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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