XML External Entity (XXE) injection when documenting untrusted XML content

5.9 / 10

MEDIUM

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40991

Source vmware

Published Jun 9, 2026 at 23:46

Affected Product

Vendor Spring

Product Spring REST Docs

Version 4.0.0

Affected Versions Spring Spring REST Docs 4.0.0
Spring Spring REST Docs 3.0.0
Spring Spring REST Docs 2.0.0.RELEASE

CWE Classification

CWE-611

References

spring.io /security/cve-2026-40991

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