FKIE_CVE-2026-40991

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-10 00:16 - Updated: 2026-07-23 09:10
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Summary
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
security@vmware.comhttps://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
broadcom spring_rest_docs *
broadcom spring_rest_docs *
broadcom spring_rest_docs 4.0.0
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