CVE-2026-40982
Spring Cloud Config allows applications to serve arbitrary text and binary files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead to a directory traversal attack. 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 53% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- vmware:spring_cloud_config
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6g23-24mc-hx6x | Maven | org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server | <=3.1.13 | no fix published |
| GHSA-6g23-24mc-hx6x | Maven | org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server | >=4.1.0 <=4.1.9 | no fix published |
| GHSA-6g23-24mc-hx6x | Maven | org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server | >=4.2.0 <=4.2.6 | no fix published |
| GHSA-6g23-24mc-hx6x | Maven | org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server | >=4.3.0 <4.3.3 | 4.3.3 |
| GHSA-6g23-24mc-hx6x | Maven | org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server | >=5.0.0 <5.0.3 | 5.0.3 |