CVE-2026-40998

Jaxp13 XPath XXE via StreamSource and SAXSource

State: Published
Severity: 8.2 High
Published: Jun 11, 2026
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Reserved: Apr 16, 2026

Description

Jaxp13XPathTemplate evaluated XPath expressions for StreamSource and SAXSource inputs using a code path that parsed attacker-controlled XML with the JDK's default DocumentBuilderFactory behavior instead of Spring's hardened parser configuration. Applications that evaluate XPath against untrusted XML payloads could therefore be exposed to XML External Entity (XXE) style attacks.

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N	vmware

Weaknesses

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Spring Web ServicesSpring	5.0.0 to before 5.0.1.1Affected 4.1.0 to before 4.1.3.1Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.19Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.9Affected

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40998

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