CVE-2026-40981 (GCVE-0-2026-40981)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-07 03:55
Modified
2026-07-15 01:00
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
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Spring Spring Cloud Config Version: 3.1.0   < 3.1.14
Version: 4.1.0   < 4.1.10
Version: 4.2.0   < 4.2.7
Version: 4.3.0   < 4.3.3
Version: 5.0.0   < 5.0.3
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