CVE-2026-40993 (GCVE-0-2026-40993)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 23:46 – Updated: 2026-06-27 21:23
VLAI
Title
Unfiltered Java Native Deserialization of SAML 2.0 Asserting Party Credentials BLOB Database Entry
Summary
An attacker with write permissions to the database table managed by JdbcAssertingPartyMetadataRepository (saml2_asserting_party_metadata) may be able to store malicious serialized payloads in the columns containing the collection of verification or encryption credentials (verification_credentials and encryption_credentials, respectively). Affected versions: Spring Security 7.0.0 through 7.0.5.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version
Spring Spring Security Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.0.5.1 (custom)
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