Wss4jSecurityInterceptor defaulted allowRSA15KeyTransportAlgorithm to true, overriding Apache WSS4J's safer default for validation RequestData. Inbound WS-Security decryption could therefore accept RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 (rsa-1_5) encrypted key material unless operators explicitly reconfigured the flag.

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.

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Description Wss4jSecurityInterceptor defaulted allowRSA15KeyTransportAlgorithm to true, overriding Apache WSS4J's safer default for validation RequestData. Inbound WS-Security decryption could therefore accept RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 (rsa-1_5) encrypted key material unless operators explicitly reconfigured the flag. 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.
Title Inbound WS-Security allows RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 key transport by default
Weaknesses CWE-327
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-11T12:44:51.674Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T02:19:12.969Z

Link: CVE-2026-40996

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-11T07:16:27.550

Modified: 2026-06-11T15:21:30.653

Link: CVE-2026-40996

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Updated: 2026-06-11T10:40:19Z

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