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 3.1 | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.7% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-04-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-30 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Isolation or Compartmentalizationcwe-653 | 0% | live |
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