FKIE_CVE-2026-40985

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-11 05:16 - Updated: 2026-09-04 18:12
Severity
6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Applications that configure the WebFlowELExpressionParser are vulnerable to the use of malicious Unified EL expressions. Affected versions: Spring Web Flow 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.1; 2.5.0 through 2.5.1.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40985Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
broadcom spring_web_flow *
broadcom spring_web_flow *
broadcom spring_web_flow 4.0.0
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