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CVE-2026-40982

CRITICAL 9.1
CVSS Score
9.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor spring
Product spring cloud config
Ecosystems
Industries
TechnologyEnterprise
Published May 7, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Spring / Spring Cloud Config
3.1.0 < 3.1.14 4.1.0 < 4.1.10 4.2.0 < 4.2.7 4.3.0 < 4.3.3 5.0.0 < 5.0.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
spring.io: https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40982