CVE-2026-40974

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 28, 2026 (19 days ago)
Last Modified: May 14, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.0–3.5.13 (fix 3.5.14), 3.4.0–3.4.15 (fix 3.4.16), 3.3.0–3.3.18 (fix 3.3.19), 2.7.0–2.7.32 (fix 2.7.33); Cassandra SSL auto-configuration. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

CWE

CWE-295

Affected Products

vmware spring boot

References

🔗 spring.io