CVE-2026-40970

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Published: April 27, 2026 (19 days ago)
Last Modified: May 14, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

When configured to use an SSL bundle, Spring Boot's Elasticsearch auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when connecting to the Elasticsearch server. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5; upgrade to 4.0.6 or later per vendor advisory.

CWE

CWE-295

Affected Products

vmware spring boot

References