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SCA: security update for org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security (GHSA-p7qj-2q5w-f9r7)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446227

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Wss4jSecurityInterceptor defaulted allowRSA15KeyTransportAlgorithm to true, overriding Apache WSS4J's
 safer default for validation RequestData. Inbound WS-Security decryption could therefore accept RSA PKCS#1
 v1.5 (rsa-1_5) encrypted key material unless operators explicitly reconfigured the flag. 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. (CVE-2026-40996)

Solution

Update the org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security library and its related packages to version 4.1.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7qj-2q5w-f9r7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 446227

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/22/2026

Updated: 8/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40996

cwe: CWE-327