CVE-2026-40992

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
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 98% 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: June 11, 2026 (91 days ago)
Last Modified: September 4, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-295

Affected Products

vmware spring boot

References

🔗 spring.io