---
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: 0.09849
ingestedAt: '2026-07-17T21:16:24.008Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `spring_security >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.5.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `spring_security 7.0.5.1`