VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-40969

medium
Published 2026-04-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.3

Description

Spring gRPC AuthenticationException messages are reflected to remote client

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@vmware.com — https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40969

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.springframework.grpc:spring-grpc<1.0.31.0.3
java MAVENorg.springframework.grpc:spring-grpc< 1.0.31.0.3

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
vmware vmwarespring_grpc{"endExcluding":"1.0.3"}1.0.3

References

CWEs

CWE-209

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.