CVE-2026-40993
HIGH
7,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: adjacent_network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: high
User Interaction: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
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.
502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Availability
Other
Potential Impacts:
Modify Application Data
Unexpected State
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Varies By Context
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Java, Ruby, PHP, Python, JavaScript
Technologies:
Not Technology-Specific, ICS/OT, AI/ML
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40993