CVE-2026-40973
A local attacker on the same host as the application may be able to take control of the directory used by `ApplicationTemp`. When `server.servlet.session.persistent` is set to `true` and the attack persists across application restarts, this may allow the attacker to read session information and hijack authenticated users or deploy a gadget chain and execute code as the application's user. 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); predictable temp directory / `ApplicationTemp` ownership verification. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.14%
- CWE
- CWE-377
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-04-29
Affected products
- Spring Spring Boot
- Spring Spring Boot
- Spring Spring Boot
- Spring Spring Boot
- Spring Spring Boot
Weakness type
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