CVE-2026-40992

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 2 %ileDEEUFRUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.12% (2nd) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
20 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

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

5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

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
v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (20)

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advisories (4)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2026-1883VMware Tanzu Spring Boot: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-06-10csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer aus einem angrenzenden Netzwerk kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware Tanzu Spring Boot ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen Informationen offenzulegen und zu manipulieren oder potentiell Code auszuführen.

  • GHSA-9wxp-w4px-32vhSpring Boot's Mail Auto-Configuration Does Not Enable SSL Hostname Verification2026-06-11ghsa · osvUS

    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.

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-16vendor · certfrFR
  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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