Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-40981

Spring Cloud Config

CVSS 3.1

7.5High

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
7.5High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (vmware)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
7.5High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat-SADP)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
Spring	Spring Cloud Config	3.1.0 ≤ v < 3.1.14	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Spring	Spring Cloud Config	4.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.10	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Spring	Spring Cloud Config	4.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.7	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Spring	Spring Cloud Config	4.3.0 ≤ v < 4.3.3	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Spring	Spring Cloud Config	5.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.3	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40981
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40981 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467621 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40981.json x_sadp-csaf-vex

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Details

Published: 2026-05-07
Last updated: 2026-07-15
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): vmware

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.43%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

37.9%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: Yes
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-639
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CWE-1220
Insufficient Granularity of Access Control