CVE-2026-40991

medium

Description

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.

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-10

Updated: 2026-06-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00039