CVE-2026-40981

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: May 7, 2026
Updated: Jul 15, 2026
Reserved: Apr 16, 2026

Description

When using Google Secrets Manager as a backend for the Spring Cloud Config server a client can craft a request to the config server potentially exposing secrets from unintended GCP projects. 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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	vmware
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	redhat-SADP

Weaknesses

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CWE-1220 Insufficient Granularity of Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Spring Cloud ConfigSpring	3.1.0 to before 3.1.14Affected 4.1.0 to before 4.1.10Affected 4.2.0 to before 4.2.7Affected 4.3.0 to before 4.3.3Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.0.3Affected

References

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