CVE-2026-40994: broadcom spring_web_services
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-40994 is a high (CVSS 8.2) vulnerability in broadcom spring_web_services. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 11-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Wss4jSecurityInterceptor initialized its BSP (WS-I Basic Security Profile) compliance flag so that inbound validation disabled WSS4J BSP enforcement on RequestData. Services that validate WS-Security on the network could therefore accept messages that violate BSP rules, weakening protocol-level checks. 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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
26%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.11 pp
From 0.23% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Broadcom1 product
- spring_web_services< 3.1.9 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.19 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.3.1 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.1.1
Org.springframework.ws1 product
- spring-ws-security≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.2 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.4 | ≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.18 | ≥ 3.1.0, ≤ 3.1.8
Spring1 product
- spring web services≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.1.1 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.3.1 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.19 | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.9
Ubuntu1 product
- itsAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products