CVE-2026-40991CWE-611

XML External Entity (XXE) injection when documenting untrusted XML content

Medium · published June 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00293 · 20.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Published
2026-06-09T23:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JUN 23:46Z
    XML External Entity (XXE) injection when documenting untrusted XML content
    cvelistv5