VYPR
Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2026· Updated Jun 10, 2026

CVE-2026-40991

CVE-2026-40991

Description

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.

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