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GHSA-5X25-C2RF-F2JX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-11 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-11 09:31

Details

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)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2026-40997 (GCVE-0-2026-40997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-11 05:04 – Updated: 2026-06-11 12:44

Title

SOAP security faults leak Spring Security account state

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Assigner

vmware

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40997

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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GHSA-5X25-C2RF-F2JX

CVE-2026-40997 (GCVE-0-2026-40997)

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