CVE-2026-40968HIGH 8.8EPSS p6.7%

CVE-2026-40968CVE-2026-40968

Description

When an authenticated user is denied access to a gRPC method, their authenticated identity remains bound to the gRPC worker thread and can be inherited by a subsequent unauthenticated request on the same thread. This may allow the subsequent user to gain escalated permissions. Affected versions: Spring gRPC: 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 (fixed in 1.0.3). Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.7% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-04-28
Last modified2026-04-30

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-653

References

  1. https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40968

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Isolation or Compartmentalizationcwe-6530%live

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