CVE-2026-40982

critical · 9.1

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. 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.

9.1

CVSS

0.7%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

53rd

EPSS percentile

2026-05-07

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
vmware	spring_cloud_config	>= 3.1.0, < 3.1.14
vmware	spring_cloud_config	>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.10
vmware	spring_cloud_config	>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.7
vmware	spring_cloud_config	>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.3
vmware	spring_cloud_config	>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3

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References

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