What is GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222?

GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. When using spring-restdocs-webtestclient or spring-restdocs-restassured to document a remote API...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 cover?

GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-40991. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222?

GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222MediumCVSS 5.9

When using spring-restdocs-webtestclient or spring-restdocs-restassured to document a remote API...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 10, 2026

Last Modified

June 10, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40991
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40991
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rpq-6vv2-5222