Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-40986
Spring Web Flow's JavaScript RemotingHandler renders the body of an error response as HTML even when the response is not "text/html", which can result in a scripting attack in the user's browser if the error response from the server contains error details with input reflected from an attacker.
Affected versions:
Spring Web Flow 4.0.0; 3.0.0 through 3.0.1; 2.5.0 through 2.5.1.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 11.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.8
Products affected by CVE-2026-40986
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:1.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:1.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:spring_web_flow:4.0.0