CVE 9.1 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-40976_CVE-2026-40976

9.1 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

In certain circumstances, Spring Boot's default web security is ineffective allowing unauthorized access to all endpoints. For an application to be vulnerable, it must: be a servlet-based web application; have no Spring Security configuration of its own and rely on the default web security filter chain; depend on spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure; not depend on spring-boot-health. If any of the above does not apply, the application is not vulnerable.

Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5; upgrade to 4.0.6 or later per vendor advisory.

AI Analysis

Spring Boot default web security ineffective allowing unauthorized access

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40976
Source vmware
Published Apr 27, 2026 at 23:34

Affected Product

Vendor Spring
Product Spring Boot
Version 4.0.0
Affected Versions Spring Spring Boot 4.0.0

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.1 / 10
AI Severity Critical
Vendor Spring
Product Spring Boot
Version 4.0.0-4.0.5

References

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