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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.4 Medium

CVE-2026-40995

X.509 authentication bypasses Spring Security account checks

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
vmware

Description

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). 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Spring Spring Web Services

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.0.0 to < 5.0.1.1affected
  • 4.1.0 to < 4.1.3.1affected
  • 4.0.0 to < 4.0.19affected
  • 3.1.0 to < 3.1.9affected

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