CVE-2026-40970

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.14% (3rd) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.2

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1.6 · impact 3.4

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-295USCWE-295US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HCL Commerce 9.1.0-9.1.19.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hcltechsw:commerce:9.1.0_-_9.1.19.0
IBM InfoSphere Information Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:-
IBM Sterling Connect:Directall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:sterling_connect%3adirect:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Apache Camel for Spring Bootall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache_camel_for_spring_boot
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces <3.28.0all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Boot <3.5.14all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Boot <4.0.6all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Dev Spaces <3.28.0cert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Boot< 3.5.14cert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Boot< 4.0.6cert_bundDE
Spring Spring Boot4.0.0 → 4.0.6enisa_euvdEU
vmware spring boot4.0.0 → 4.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-elasticsearch4.0.0 → 4.0.6osvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-elasticsearch

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1263VMware Tanzu Spring Boot: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware Tanzu Spring Boot ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder authentifizierte Benutzer zu kapern.
GHSA-c96x-rpm4-349pSpring Boot's Elasticsearch auto-configuration doesn't perform hostname verification when connecting to the Elasticsearch server.2026-04-27ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-04-27modified 2026-10-26

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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