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CVE-2026-40974
Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra.…
Medium5.0EPSS 0.18%
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- Updated
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- vmware
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmwareCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 4.0.0 – < 4.0.6
- affected 3.5.0 – < 3.5.14
- affected 3.4.0 – < 3.4.16
- affected 3.3.0 – < 3.3.19
- affected 2.7.0 – < 2.7.33
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandraGHSA-mqvw-jfmh-93qq (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mqvw-jfmh-93qq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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