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CVE-2026-40996

CVE-2026-40996: 1 tracked advisory record across VMware. Compare vendor sources.

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  • Advisory severityMedium4.8

    Medium [CVE-2026-40996] Wss4jSecurityInterceptor defaulted allowRSA15KeyTransportAlgorithm to true, overriding Apache WSS4J's safer default for…

    CVE-2026-40996Source published Source updated

    Wss4jSecurityInterceptor defaulted allowRSA15KeyTransportAlgorithm to true, overriding Apache WSS4J's safer default for validation RequestData. Inbound WS-Security decryption could therefore accept RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 (rsa-1_5) encrypted key material unless operators explicitly reconfigured the flag. 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.

    Related products — impact not confirmed
    No product details extracted. Check the source bulletin.
    Source-reported affected versions
    • 5.0.0
    • 5.0.1
    • 4.1.0
    • 4.1.3

    4 more entries in the full advisory.

    Source-reported fixed versions
    No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
    Mitigation guidance
    No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.

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