CVE-2026-40981

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

07/05/2026

Last modified:

12/05/2026

Description

When using Google Secrets Manager as a backend for the Spring Cloud Config server a client can craft a request to the config server potentially exposing secrets from unintended GCP projects.<br /> 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config::::::::	3.1.0 (including)	3.1.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config::::::::	4.1.0 (including)	4.1.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config::::::::	4.2.0 (including)	4.2.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config::::::::	4.3.0 (including)	4.3.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config::::::::	5.0.0 (including)	5.0.3 (excluding)

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40981