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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-40972 EUVD-2026-25936GHSA-56v8-86gj-66jp

Spring Boot DevTools remote secret comparison is vulnerable to timing attacks

Published Apr 27, 2026 · Updated Apr 29, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Description

An attacker on the same network as the remote application may be able to utilize a timing attack to discover information about the remote secret. In extreme circumstances this could result in the attacker determining the secret and uploading changed classes, thereby achieving remote code execution in the remote application.

Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.0–3.5.13 (fix 3.5.14), 3.4.0–3.4.15 (fix 3.4.16), 3.3.0–3.3.18 (fix 3.3.19), 2.7.0–2.7.32 (fix 2.7.33); DevTools remote secret comparison. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring Spring Boot 4.0.0 – < 4.0.6, 3.5.0 – < 3.5.14, 3.4.0 – < 3.4.16, 3.3.0 – < 3.3.19, 2.7.0 – < 2.7.33 4.0.6

Affected packages

Advisories 1

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