This Week in Spring – December 16th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! And what a week it’s been! We’ve got around nine shopping days ’til Christmas, and the New Year is almost here! Things are moving so quickly and the Spring community is no exception! Let's dive into this week's wonderful...

This Week in Spring - July 22nd, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! It's almost SpringOne time!! AAAAH it's all moving so quickly! I can hardly stand it. SpringOne's next month, in lovely Las Vegas, and I'll be there. Will you? Have you registered? We'll be looking at the impending Spring Boot 4.0 and Spring Framework 7.0 releases! It's going to ...

This Week in Spring – March 18th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! I just got back from the amazing JavaOne show held in Redwood Shores. It was a fun, uproarious event and a great chance to reconnect with tons of friends, old and new. I love this community! One of the central highlights of this show? Java 24 is here, finally! And, as usual, we'v...

This Week in Spring - January 16th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's the 16th of January already! We're closer to February than not! I can hardly believe it. As always, we've got a lot to cover so let's dive right into it. the Spring Authorization Server 1.3.0-m1 is now available this is...

Vulnerability fixed in NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager

NetApp has fixed a vulnerability in the Spring Web Services component of Active IQ Unified Manager for Windows, Linux, and VMware vSphere. The vulnerability allows a malicious party to gain access to sensitive data, potentially to manipulate it, or to cause a denial-of-service. NetApp has release...

SUSE CVE-2019-3773

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data from untrusted sources...

This Week in Spring - November 22nd, 2022 - Spring Boot 3 and Thanksgiving edition!

Hi, Spring fans! Its Tuesday, the 22nd of November, 2022, as I write this, which means were two days away from Spring Boot 3 and Thanksgiving. Spring Boot 3, Ive written about in abundance so I wont rehash that. If you want to learn more about some of the amazing new features in Spring Framework ...

This Week in Spring - October 25th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! When last we spoke, I was in Las Vegas, NV, for the JavaOne show. It was amazing! Im in sunny Singapore, then off to Malaysia and Thailand. Its the first time Ive been to any of these places since 2019! How good it is to be...

This Week in Spring - October 18th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Howre you doin? Im doin alright! Last week I was in Antwerp, Belgium, for the amazing Devoxx BE show. I did a presentation with my friend and hero James Ward on Spring and Kotlin that was voted third most-liked talk at a show with more than 250 speakers! That was a personal caree...

spring-ws: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) when receiving XML data from untrusted sources

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data from untrusted sources...

CVE-2019-3773

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data from untrusted sources...

Vulnerability that affects org.springframework.ws:spring-ws and org.springframework.ws:spring-xml

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data from untrusted sources...

GHSA-8222-6FC8-MHVF Vulnerability that affects org.springframework.ws:spring-ws and org.springframework.ws:spring-xml

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data from untrusted sources...

CVE-2019-3773

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data from untrusted sources...

Xxe

Spring Web Services, versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions of all three projects, were susceptible to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data from untrusted sources...

PT-2019-5717 · Spring · Spring Web Services

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Spring Web Services versions 2.4.3, 3.0.4, and older unsupported versions Description: The issue is related to incorrect restriction of XML links to external objects, which can lead to XML External Entity Injection XXE when receiving XML data...