CVE•Published 2026-06-11•Modified 2026-09-04•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-40999Broadcom · Spring_web_services
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.6
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
31
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 69% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-11
Modified 2026-09-04
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-40999Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Broadcom Spring Web Services"All exposed Broadcom Spring Web Services instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Spring Web Services"HTTP body or banner mentions "Spring Web Services" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-40999Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-40999Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-40999Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-40999GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-40999" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.