Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2026-41003Unencoded HTML Outputs in Spring Security May Allow Cross-Site Scripting

High 7.6

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in Spring Security from Spring. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An attacker able to influence values in RelyingPartyRegistration may be able to run arbitrary code on HTML forms generated by Spring Security filters. Affected versions: Spring Security 5.7.0 through 5.7.23; 5.8.0 through 5.8.25; 6.3.0 through 6.3.16; 6.4.0 through 6.4.16; 6.5.0 through 6.5.10; 7.0.0 through 7.0.5.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-provider7.0.6GHSA-3pjj-qpw6-5fcm
Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-provider6.5.11GHSA-3pjj-qpw6-5fcm
Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-providerno fix listedGHSA-3pjj-qpw6-5fcm
Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-providerno fix listedGHSA-3pjj-qpw6-5fcm
Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-providerno fix listedGHSA-3pjj-qpw6-5fcm
Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-providerno fix listedGHSA-3pjj-qpw6-5fcm

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Spring Spring Security 5.7.0 – before 5.7.245.8.0 – before 5.8.266.3.0 – before 6.3.176.4.0 – before 6.4.176.5.0 – before 6.5.10.27.0.0 – before 7.0.5.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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