CVEPublished 2026-04-28Modified 2026-04-300 articles on news5 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-40972Vmware · Spring_boot

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
16
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 84% of all CVEs
Description

An attacker on the same network as the remote application may be able to utilize a timing attack to discover information about the remote secret. In extreme circumstances this could result in the attacker determining the secret and uploading changed classes, thereby achieving remote code execution in the remote application. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.0–3.5.13 (fix 3.5.14), 3.4.0–3.4.15 (fix 3.4.16), 3.3.0–3.3.18 (fix 3.3.19), 2.7.0–2.7.32 (fix 2.7.33); DevTools remote secret comparison. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

Timeline
Published 2026-04-28
Modified 2026-04-30

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