CVE-2026-40477

CRITICAL

Improper restriction of the scope of accessible objects in Thymeleaf expressions

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Thymeleaf is a server-side Java template engine for web and standalone environments. Versions 3.1.3.RELEASE and prior contain a security bypass vulnerability in the expression execution mechanisms. Although the library provides mechanisms to prevent expression injection, it fails to properly restrict the scope of accessible objects, allowing specific potentially sensitive objects to be reached from within a template. If an application developer passes unvalidated user input directly to the template engine, an unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass the library's protections to achieve Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI). This issue has ben fixed in version 3.1.4.RELEASE.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.0
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-1336 CWE-917
Status published
Products (3)
thymeleaf/org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring5 < 3.1.4.RELEASE
thymeleaf/org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring6 < 3.1.4.RELEASE
thymeleaf/thymeleaf < 3.1.4.RELEASE
Published Apr 17, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 18, 2026