{"id":"CVE-2026-40982","aliases":["GHSA-6g23-24mc-hx6x"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40982","summary":"Spring Cloud Config vulnerable to Path Traversal","details":"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.\nSpring 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.","published":"2026-05-07T03:49:30.065Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:13.214849212Z","cvss":{"score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.00727,"percentile":0.51373,"asOf":"2026-08-24"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server","fixedVersion":null},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server","fixedVersion":null},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server","fixedVersion":null},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server","fixedVersion":"4.3.3"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-config-server","fixedVersion":"5.0.3"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40982.json"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40982"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40982"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40982.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40982"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467619"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:13.214849212Z"}}