Wss4jSecurityInterceptor disables WS-I BSP validation by default

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  "id": "09cd49518ad3a7fad53ac3c27f05c969d38828b7fc7a9863344fc76a9a0c4a52",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40994",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Wss4jSecurityInterceptor disables WS-I BSP validation by default",
    "summary": "Wss4jSecurityInterceptor initialized its BSP (WS-I Basic Security Profile) compliance flag so that inbound validation disabled WSS4J BSP enforcement on RequestData. Services that validate WS-Security on the network could therefore accept messages that violate BSP rules, weakening protocol-level checks. 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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-40994",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-40994",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-40994",
        "GHSA-gg9r-wr4p-w63h"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws",
              "type": "GIT",
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                        "introduced": "3.1.0"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "3.1.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
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                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.1.8",
            "v3.1.7",
            "v3.1.6",
            "v3.1.5",
            "v3.1.4",
            "v3.1.3",
            "v3.1.2",
            "v3.1.1",
            "v3.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40994.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.300009080Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40994",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40994.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40994"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-1188"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "vmware",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "5.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "5.0.1.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "4.1.3.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "4.0.19"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.1.0"
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                  {
                    "fixed": "3.1.9"
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                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
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        ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-40994",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497297,
  "published_at": "2026-06-11T05:03:57.827+00:00"
}