CVE-2026-40969

low VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
3.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 86% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: April 28, 2026 (15 days ago)
Last Modified: April 30, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

The raw message of every server-side AuthenticationException is returned to the unauthenticated remote caller in the gRPC status description. This allows an attacker to obtain information about the authentication failure, which may be useful for further attacks. Affected versions: Spring gRPC: 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 (fixed in 1.0.3). Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

CWE

CWE-209

Affected Products

vmware spring grpc

References

🔗 spring.io