VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-40993
CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-06-10
Last modified2026-07-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Description
An attacker with write permissions to the database table managed by JdbcAssertingPartyMetadataRepository (saml2_asserting_party_metadata) may be able to store malicious serialized payloads in the columns containing the collection of verification or encryption credentials (verification_credentials and encryption_credentials, respectively). Affected versions: Spring Security 7.0.0 through 7.0.5.
Weakness classification
- CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Primary references
- security@vmware.com — Vendor Advisory