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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-16 | Published 2026-06-09 | Updated 2026-06-10 | Assigner vmware




MEDIUM: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Problem types

CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Product status

Default status
unaffected

4.0.0 (custom) before 4.0.1
affected

3.0.0 (custom) before 3.0.6
affected

2.0.0.RELEASE (custom) before 2.0.9.RELEASE
affected

References

spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991

cve.org (CVE-2026-40991)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40991)

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