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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
References
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| https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40996 |
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History
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Inbound WS-Security allows RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 key transport by default | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-327 | |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2026-06-11T05:04:05.227Z
Updated: 2026-06-11T12:44:51.674Z
Reserved: 2026-04-16T02:19:12.969Z
Link: CVE-2026-40996
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-06-11T07:16:27.550
Modified: 2026-06-11T15:21:30.653
Link: CVE-2026-40996
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