GHSA-6mfm-98wv-32wmMediumCVSS 5.4

Spring Web Services: X.509 authentication bypasses Spring Security account checks

Published
June 11, 2026
Last Modified
August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-40995 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products4

  • maven/org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security:>= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.1
  • maven/org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security:>= 4.1.0, <= 4.1.3
  • maven/org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security:>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.18
  • maven/org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security:>= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.8

🔗 References (4)