CVE-2026-40997 (GCVE-0-2026-40997)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-11 05:04 – Updated: 2026-06-11 12:44
VLAI
Title
SOAP security faults leak Spring Security account state
Summary
Several Spring WS integration paths with Spring Security could surface detailed account state (for example locked or disabled user semantics) to remote SOAP clients through exception messages or callback outcomes, instead of failing with generic authentication errors. That behavior assists remote attackers in distinguishing valid accounts from invalid ones and inferring lifecycle state.
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Web Services |
Affected:
5.0.0 , < 5.0.2
(custom)
Affected: 4.1.0 , < 4.1.4 (custom) Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.19 (custom) Affected: 3.1.0 , < 3.1.9 (custom) |
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