CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-40991

MediumCVSS 5.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

An XXE vulnerability in Spring REST Docs when using spring-restdocs-webtestclient or spring-restdocs-restassured to document a remote API over HTTP. An attacker who compromises the API or tricks the user into documenting a malicious API can perform an XXE attack when documentation-generating tests are next executed.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can read server files, perform SSRF attacks, or cause denial of service, compromising system confidentiality and availability.

Recommendation

Upgrade Spring REST Docs to version 4.0.1 or later (for 4.x) or version 3.0.6 (for 3.x). Avoid documenting untrusted APIs.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS