CVE-2026-40974

Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra. 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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Analyzed - security@vmware.com

Published

2026-04-28

Last modified

2026-04-28

Weaknesses

CWE-295

Affected products

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

References

• https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40974