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CVE-2026-40999GHSA-WHPP-XV3H-RWXF

Spring WS SSRF via unvalidated WS-Addressing reply destinations

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.0.1.1, 4.1.3.1, 4.0.19, 3.1.9, 5.0.2, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured WebServiceMessageSender instances to destinations taken directly from request headers without verifying that those destinations are safe to connect to. 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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Spring Spring Web Services

    From 5.0.0 · fixed in 5.0.1.1; From 4.1.0 · fixed in 4.1.3.1; From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.0.19; From 3.1.0 · fixed in 3.1.9

  • org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-coreMaven

    From 5.0.0 · fixed in 5.0.2

  • org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-coreMaven

    From 4.1.0 · fixed in 4.1.4

  • org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-coreMaven

    From 4.0.0 · through 4.0.18

  • org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-coreMaven

    From 3.1.0 · through 3.1.8

References 1

spring.io