When configured to use an SSL bundle, Spring Boot's Elasticsearch auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when connecting to the Elasticsearch server.
Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5; upgrade to 4.0.6 or later per vendor advisory.
{
"cna_assigner": "vmware",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-295"
],
"unresolved_ranges": [
{
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.0.6"
}
],
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40970.json"
}