GHSA-9ggw-87m9-9gfc: org.springframework.webflow:spring-webflow (CVE-2026-40985)

Spring Web Flow has Data Binding Vulnerability with Unified EL Parser

CVSS 6.4 MediumEPSS 0.0023 · 13th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 11 Jun 2026, 06:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
org.springframework.webflow:spring-webflow	Maven	>=4.0.0, <4.0.1 \|\| >=3.0.0, <3.0.2 \|\| <=2.5.1	4.0.1, 3.0.2

Identifiers

GHSA-9ggw-87m9-9gfc · CVE-2026-40985

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-917

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Spring Web Flow (spring-webflow) versions 4.0.0, 3.0.0 through 3.0.1, and 2.5.0 through 2.5.1 are affected. Applications that configure the WebFlowELExpressionParser are vulnerable to malicious Unified EL expressions, and the source gives few details on the attacker's required access or the impact. Upgrade to 4.0.1 or 3.0.2; no other workaround is listed.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.4	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	CNA (vmware)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0023, the 13th percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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