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High · 8.6 CVE-2026-40999 EUVD-2026-36209GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf

Spring WS SSRF via unvalidated WS-Addressing reply destinations

Published Jun 11, 2026 · Updated Jun 23, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring Spring Web Services 5.0.0 – < 5.0.1.1, 4.1.0 – < 4.1.3.1, 4.0.0 – < 4.0.19, 3.1.0 – < 3.1.9 5.0.1.1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.2 5.0.2 GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.4 4.1.4 GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.18 — GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf
Maven org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-core >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.8 — GHSA-whpp-xv3h-rwxf

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