CVE-2026-40982

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
07/05/2026
Last modified:
12/05/2026

Description

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.<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.

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)


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools