CVE-2026-40974

EUVD-2026-25938
Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra.

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); Cassandra SSL auto-configuration. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5 MEDIUM
ADJACENT_NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 24%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
vmwarespring_boot
2.7.0 ≤
𝑥
< 2.7.33
vmwarespring_boot
3.3.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.3.19
vmwarespring_boot
3.4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.4.16
vmwarespring_boot
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.5.14
vmwarespring_boot
4.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.0.6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
Vulnerability Media Exposure
References
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40974