When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured WebServiceMessageSender instances to destinations taken directly from request headers without verifying that those destinations are safe to connect to.

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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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description When WS-Addressing is used with non-anonymous ReplyTo or FaultTo addresses, Spring WS may initiate outbound connections through configured WebServiceMessageSender instances to destinations taken directly from request headers without verifying that those destinations are safe to connect to. 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 Spring WS SSRF via unvalidated WS-Addressing reply destinations
Weaknesses CWE-918
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-11T16:13:51.035Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T02:19:12.970Z

Link: CVE-2026-40999

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-11T15:07:03.685Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-11T07:16:27.907

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

Link: CVE-2026-40999

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Updated: 2026-06-11T10:40:15Z

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