CVE-2026-40985 PUBLISHED

Data Binding Vulnerability in Spring Web Flow with Unified EL Parser

Assigner: vmware
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 11.06.2026 Updated: 11.06.2026

Applications that configure the WebFlowELExpressionParser are vulnerable to the use of malicious Unified EL expressions.

Affected versions: Spring Web Flow 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.1; 2.5.0 through 2.5.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor Spring
Product Spring Web Flow
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.0.0 to 3.0.2 (excl.)
  • affected from 2.5.0 to 2.5.2 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-917: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement CWE

Impacts

  • An attacker who can influence EL expressions evaluated by WebFlowELExpressionParser can inject malicious Unified EL expressions and execute unintended logic.