spring-projects/spring-ws · Security
Spring Web Services: X.509 authentication bypasses Spring Security account checks
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wm
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-40995
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
X509AuthenticationProvider could issue a fully authenticated X509AuthenticationToken when a presented certificate mapped to UserDetails, without applying Spring Security's standard account lifecycle checks (disabled, locked, expired, or credentials-expired accounts).
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.
CWEs
- CWE-287 · Improper Authentication