Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-40998
Jaxp13XPathTemplate evaluated XPath expressions for StreamSource and SAXSource inputs using a code path that parsed attacker-controlled XML with the JDK's default DocumentBuilderFactory behavior instead of Spring's hardened parser configuration. Applications that evaluate XPath against untrusted XML payloads could therefore be exposed to XML External Entity (XXE) style attacks.
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 28.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.2
Products affected by CVE-2026-40998
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:0.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.10
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:1.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:3.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.13
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.14
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_services:5.0.0