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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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2026-06-11T05:04:17.009Z

Updated: 2026-06-11T05:04:17.009Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-40999

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-40999

cve-icon Redhat

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