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FKIE_CVE-2026-40981

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-07 04:16 - Updated: 2026-05-12 20:34

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

When using Google Secrets Manager as a backend for the Spring Cloud Config server a client can craft a request to the config server potentially exposing secrets from unintended GCP projects. Spring Cloud Config 3.1.x: affected from 3.1.0 through 3.1.13 (inclusive); upgrade to 3.1.14 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.1.x: affected from 4.1.0 through 4.1.9 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.1.10 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.2.x: affected from 4.2.0 through 4.2.6 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.2.7 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.3.x: affected from 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.3.3 or greater. Spring Cloud Config 5.0.x: affected from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 5.0.3 or greater.

References

	URL	Tags
	security@vmware.com	https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40981	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
vmware	spring_cloud_config	*
vmware	spring_cloud_config	*
vmware	spring_cloud_config	*
vmware	spring_cloud_config	*
vmware	spring_cloud_config	*

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CVE-2026-40981 (GCVE-0-2026-40981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-07 03:55 – Updated: 2026-05-07 12:57

Summary

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

vmware

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40981

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Spring	Spring Cloud Config	Affected: 3.1.0 , < 3.1.14 (custom) Affected: 4.1.0 , < 4.1.10 (custom) Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.7 (custom) Affected: 4.3.0 , < 4.3.3 (custom) Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.3 (custom)

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-40981 (GCVE-0-2026-40981)

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