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SCA: security update for org.springframework.ws:spring-xml (GHSA-2mpf-m756-hxjm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446232

Description

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

 - 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.
 (CVE-2026-40998)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mpf-m756-hxjm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446232

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/22/2026

Updated: 8/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2026-40998

cwe: CWE-611