CVE-2026-40981: VMware Spring Cloud Config

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 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.

Affected products

• VMware Spring Cloud Config: from 3.1.0, before 3.1.14 (fixed in 3.1.14); from 4.1.0, before 4.1.10 (fixed in 4.1.10); from 4.2.0, before 4.2.7 (fixed in 4.2.7); from 4.3.0, before 4.3.3 (fixed in 4.3.3); from 5.0.0, before 5.0.3 (fixed in 5.0.3)

Published 2026-05-07. Last modified 2026-07-15.