CVE-2026-40982

criticalpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.73% (54th) EPSS

CVSS 9.1 · critical

Is it mine?

25 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Spring Cloud Config allows applications to serve arbitrary text and binary files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead to a directory traversal attack. Spring Cloud Config 3.1.x: affected from 3.1.0 through 3.1.13 (inclusive); upgrade to 3.1.14 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.1.x: affected from 4.1.0 through 4.1.9 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.1.10 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.2.x: affected from 4.2.0 through 4.2.6 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.2.7 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.3.x: affected from 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.3.3 or greater. Spring Cloud Config 5.0.x: affected from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 5.0.3 or greater.

cvss

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

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.2–9.1

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.2

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USCWE-22US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

xiaoqiMikko/scc-checkOffline checker for Spring Cloud Config CVE-2026-40982 — tells you whether your version line has an OSS fix at all (3.1.x/4.1.x/4.2.x: it does not)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (25)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config <3.1.14all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config <4.1.10all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config <4.2.7all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config OSS <4.3.3all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config OSS <5.0.3all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud≤ Config <3.1.14cert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud≤ Config <4.1.10cert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud≤ Config <4.2.7cert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud≤ Config OSS <4.3.3cert_bundDE
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud≤ Config OSS <5.0.3cert_bundDE
Spring Spring Cloud Config3.1.0 → 3.1.14enisa_euvdEU
Spring Spring Cloud Config4.1.0 → 4.1.10enisa_euvdEU
Spring Spring Cloud Config4.2.0 → 4.2.7enisa_euvdEU
Spring Spring Cloud Config4.3.0 → 4.3.3enisa_euvdEU
Spring Spring Cloud Config5.0.0 → 5.0.3enisa_euvdEU
vmware spring cloud config3.1.0 → 3.1.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring cloud config4.1.0 → 4.1.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring cloud config4.2.0 → 4.2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring cloud config4.3.0 → 4.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware spring cloud config5.0.0 → 5.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1399VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Config ausnutzen, um vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Daten zu manipulieren.
GHSA-6g23-24mc-hx6xSpring Cloud Config vulnerable to Path Traversal2026-05-07ghsa · osvUS
Spring Cloud Config allows applications to serve arbitrary text and binary files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead to a directory traversal attack. Spring Cloud Config 3.1.x: affected from 3.1.0 through 3.1.13 (inclusive); upgrade to 3.1.14 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.1.x: affected from 4.1.0 through 4.1.9 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.1.10 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.2.x: affected from 4.2.0 through 4.2.6 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.2.7 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.3.x: affected from 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.3.3 or greater. Spring Cloud Config 5.0.x: affected from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 5.0.3 or greater.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-05-07modified 2026-10-26

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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