Medium [CVE-2026-40995] Spring Security: X509AuthenticationProvider could issue a fully authenticated X509AuthenticationToken when a presented certificate map…
This medium-severity VMware (Broadcom) advisory covers CVE-2026-40995 affecting Spring Security.
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Summary
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).
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.3
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.18
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.8
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Mitigation
The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.
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