{"action":"Upgrade org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security to 4.1.4 (4.x) or 5.0.2 (5.x) or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"5.0.2","introduced":"5.0.0"},{"fixed":"4.1.4","introduced":"4.1.0"},{"introduced":"4.0.0","last_affected":"4.0.18"},{"introduced":"3.1.0","last_affected":"3.1.8"}],"component":"org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security","cve_ids":["CVE-2026-40996"],"ecosystem":"Maven","epss":0.00129,"exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["5.0.2","4.1.4"],"ghsa_id":"GHSA-p7qj-2q5w-f9r7","id":"tcs_01M5N96WJREG4N06DBCQWHJ91X","modified_at":"2026-08-21T19:25:58.944539Z","published_at":"2026-06-11T09:31:56Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p7qj-2q5w-f9r7","https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40996","https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws","https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40996"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":4.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"GHSA-p7qj-2q5w-f9r7","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p7qj-2q5w-f9r7"}],"summary":"Spring Web Services: Inbound WS-Security allows RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 key transport by default"}