CVE-2026-40981
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in Spring Cloud Config allows a client to craft a request to the config server, potentially exposing secrets from unintended GCP projects when Google Secrets Manager is used as a backend.
Risk Assessment
The organization risks leakage of sensitive data (e.g., API keys, passwords) from other GCP projects, which could lead to security breaches and loss of control over cloud resource access.
Recommendation
Immediately upgrade Spring Cloud Config to version 3.1.14, 4.1.10, 4.2.7, 4.3.3, or 5.0.3 (depending on the branch used) and consider restricting access to the config server to trusted clients only.
Other vulnerabilities in Spring Cloud Config
See all- CVE-2026-40982Critical
A directory traversal vulnerability in Spring Cloud Config allows attackers to access arbitrary files via a crafted URL. The issue affects the spring-cloud-config-server module serving text and binary files.
- CVE-2026-59315Medium
The Spring Cloud Config Monitor is susceptible to Denial of Service attacks via malicious payloads. Affects Spring Cloud Config versions 5.0.0-5.0.4, 4.3.0-4.3.4, 4.0.0-4.2.8, and 3.1.14 and earlier.
- CVE-2026-47894Medium
Spring Cloud Config Server native environment repository allows exposure of configuration files outside of the configured repository path. Affected versions: Spring Cloud Config 5.0.0-5.0.4, 4.3.0-4.3.4, 4.0.0-4.2.8, and 3.1.14 and earlier.
- CVE-2026-47837Medium
Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Spring Cloud Config allows unvalidated Webhook requests to the /monitor endpoint. Affects versions from 5.0.0 through 5.0.4, from 4.3.0 through 4.3.4, from 4.0.0 through 4.2.8, and through 3.1.14.
- CVE-2026-47836High
The base directory (spring.cloud.config.server.svn.basedir) used by the Spring Cloud Config Server to clone SVN repositories to is susceptible to time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) attacks. Affected versions: Spring Cloud Config 5.0.0-5.0.4, 4.3.0-4.3.4, 4.0.0-4.2.8, 3.1.14 and earlier.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.