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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-40981 EUVD-2026-28245GHSA-2mh5-3cw6-hrrq

Spring Cloud Config has an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Published May 7, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring Spring Cloud Config 3.1.0 – < 3.1.14, 4.1.0 – < 4.1.10, 4.2.0 – < 4.2.7, 4.3.0 – < 4.3.3, 5.0.0 – < 5.0.3 3.1.14

Affected packages

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