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FKIE_CVE-2026-40995

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-11 07:16 - Updated: 2026-09-04 17:10
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
X509AuthenticationProvider could issue a fully authenticated X509AuthenticationToken when a presented certificate mapped to UserDetails, without applying Spring Security's standard account lifecycle checks (disabled, locked, expired, or credentials-expired accounts). 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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40995Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
broadcom spring_web_services *
broadcom spring_web_services *
broadcom spring_web_services *
broadcom spring_web_services *
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