Vulnerability

CVE-2026-40985

Medium· 6.4CVSS6.4EPSS0%

.rules3/5

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.

Threat signal

64/100

Elevated

Severity

medium

CVSS

6.4

EPSS

Active

CVSS

v3.1via NVDOpen in FIRST calculator →

6.4/ 10MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityHighRequires conditions outside attacker's control (race, brute-force, configuration
Privileges RequiredLowStandard user privileges sufficient.
User InteractionRequiredRequires user action (click, file open, etc).
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactHighTotal compromise of integrity — full data modification possible.
Availability ImpactNoneNo availability impact.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

0.03%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p10

higher than 10% of all CVEs

2-day trend↑ 0pp

Low exploitation likelihood — defer if no other signals fire.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2026-40985. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCDefer

No exploitation, limited impact or prevalence

exploitation: none
automatable: no
impact: partial
mission: support

Lifecycle

2026-06-11Published
2026-06-11Last modified1 source

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40985

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