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CVE-2026-40974

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
Publication date:
28/04/2026
Last modified:
14/05/2026

Description

Spring Boot&amp;#39;s Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra.<br /> <br /> 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x
5.00
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.7.0 (including) 2.7.33 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.3.0 (including) 3.3.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.5.0 (including) 3.5.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.0.0 (including) 4.0.6 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools