Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-40991
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 12.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
References
Products affected by CVE-2026-40991
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:3.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:3.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:3.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_rest_docs:4.0.0