CVE-2026-40974

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileDEEUFRUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.36% (29th) EPSS
CVSS 9.8 · critical
Is it mine?
33 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

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.

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cvss

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

9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
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
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-295USCWE-295US
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affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (4)

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.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-2260IBM Operational Decision Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-07-08csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Operational Decision Manager ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

  • GHSA-mqvw-jfmh-93qqSpring Boot's Cassandra SSL auto-configuration disables TLS hostname verification2026-04-28ghsa · osvUS

    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.

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-16vendor · certfrFR
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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundosvcertfrNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-04-28modified 2026-07-24
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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