CVE-2026-40973: VMware Spring Boot

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Spring Boot: before 2.7.33 (fixed in 2.7.33); from 3.3.0, before 3.3.19 (fixed in 3.3.19); from 3.4.0, before 3.4.16 (fixed in 3.4.16); from 3.5.0, before 3.5.14 (fixed in 3.5.14); from 4.0.0, before 4.0.6 (fixed in 4.0.6)

Published 2026-04-28. Last modified 2026-07-24.