spring-projects/spring-restdocs · Security
Spring REST Docs REST Assured & WebFlux are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-40991
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- CVSS v3
- 5.9 · 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.
CWEs
- CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference