CVE-2026-40991
Essential information
- Published
- 10/06/2026 00:16
- Modified
- 10/06/2026 19:24
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L—
CVSS metrics
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- HIGH
- Integrity impact
- NONE
- Availability impact
- LOW
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Description
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.
NVD status
- Status
- Undergoing Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| spring / spring restdocs | cpe:2.3:a:spring:spring_restdocs:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| spring / spring restdocs | cpe:2.3:a:spring:spring_restdocs:3.0.0-3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| spring / spring restdocs | cpe:2.3:a:spring:spring_restdocs:2.0.0.RELEASE-2.0.8.RELEASE:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |