{"id":"CVE-2026-40993","title":"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 veri…","summary":"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 veri…","severity":"high","cvss":7.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-502"],"vendor":"vmware","product":"spring_security","affected":["spring_security >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.5.1"],"patched":["spring_security 7.0.5.1"],"published":"2026-06-10","updated":"2026-07-17","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40993","references":[{"url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40993","label":"security@vmware.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00198,"epssPercentile":0.09833,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-17T21:16:24.008Z","slug":"CVE-2026-40993","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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).\n\nAffected versions:\nSpring Security 7.0.0 through 7.0.5.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `spring_security >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.5.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `spring_security 7.0.5.1`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":40.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}