High severity · published May 7, 2026
CVE-2026-40981
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…
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Spring Cloud Config · Spring
3.1.0 before 3.1.14; 4.1.0 before 4.1.10; 4.2.0 before 4.2.7; 4.3.0 before 4.3.3; 5.0.0 before 5.0.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40981
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40981
Vendor Advisory
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40981
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40981
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467621
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40981.json
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