CVE-2026-40991Medium· 5.9▾ SunlitWhen 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 att…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 32.5 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
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0.2% → 0.3%
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.
spring_rest_docs >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.9spring_rest_docs >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.5.1spring_rest_docs = 4.0.0Upgrade past the affected range:
spring_rest_docs 3.0.5.1Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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