CVE-2026-40992 (GCVE-0-2026-40992)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-11 05:03
Modified
2026-06-11 12:45
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Summary
Spring Boot's Mail auto-configuration does not enable hostname verification. Applications that set the relevant JavaMail property, such as spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.ssl.checkserveridentity=true, are not affected. Affected versions: Spring Boot 4.0.0 through 4.0.6; 3.5.0 through 3.5.14; 3.4.0 through 3.4.16.
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Spring Spring Boot Version: 4.0.0   < 4.0.7
Version: 3.5.0   < 3.5.15
Version: 3.4.0   < 3.4.17
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