GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222
Spring REST Docs REST Assured & WebFlux are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-40991
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
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.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient | introduced 4.0.0, fixed 4.0.1 |
| Maven · org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient | introduced 3.0.0, fixed 3.0.6 |
| Maven · org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-webtestclient | introduced 0, last affected 2.0.8.RELEASE |
| Maven · org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured | introduced 4.0.0, fixed 4.0.1 |
| Maven · org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured | introduced 3.0.0, fixed 3.0.6 |
| Maven · org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-restassured | introduced 0, last affected 2.0.8.RELEASE |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40991 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs PACKAGE
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs/releases/tag/v3.0.6 WEB
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs/releases/tag/v4.0.1 WEB
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |