CVE-2026-40976
Published:April 27, 2026
Updated:May 14, 2026
In certain circumstances, Spring Boot's default web security is ineffective allowing unauthorized access to all endpoints. For an application to be vulnerable, it must: be a servlet-based web application; have no Spring Security configuration of its own and rely on the default web security filter chain; depend on spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure; not depend on spring-boot-health. If any of the above does not apply, the application is not vulnerable.
Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5; upgrade to 4.0.6 or later per vendor advisory.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v4.0.0 <v4.0.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.0.6org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-security (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0 <4.0.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.6org.springframework.boot:spring-boot (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0 <4.0.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.6Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Authorization
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06