High 7.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-40981When 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.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:20 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-639, CWE-1220
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: vmware
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Spring Spring Cloud Config spring:cloud_config (from the name)	from 3.1.0 before 3.1.14; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.10; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.7; from 4.3.0 before 4.3.3; from 5.0.0 before 5.0.3	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 redhat:enterprise_linux	8	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack redhat:jbosseapxp	Versions not stated	CISA ADP
vmware spring_cloud_config vmware:spring_cloud_config	from 3.1.0 before 3.1.14; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.10; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.7; from 4.3.0 before 4.3.3; from 5.0.0 before 5.0.3	NVD

References

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40981	vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40981
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467621
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40981.json

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