CVE-2026-40972

An attacker on the same network as the remote application may be able to utilize a timing attack to discover information about the remote secret. In extreme circumstances this could result in the attacker determining the secret and uploading changed classes, thereby achieving remote code execution in the remote application. 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); DevTools remote secret comparison. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Analyzed - security@vmware.com

Published

2026-04-28

Last modified

2026-04-29

Weaknesses

CWE-208

Affected products

• Spring Boot (Spring)
• Spring Boot (Vmware)

References

• https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40972