CVE-2026-40977
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40977
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40977.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-40977
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-04-27T23:36:06Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-12T03:51:28Z
- Severity
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- 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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When an application is configured to use
ApplicationPidFileWriter, a local attacker with write access to the PID file's location can corrupt one file on the host each time the application is started.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); PID file / symlink behavior (
ApplicationPidFileWriter). Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory. - Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "vmware", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-59" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40977.json", "unresolved_ranges": [ { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "4.0.0" }, { "fixed": "4.0.6" }, { "introduced": "3.5.0" }, { "fixed": "3.5.14" }, { "introduced": "3.4.0" }, { "fixed": "3.4.16" }, { "introduced": "3.3.0" }, { "fixed": "3.3.19" }, { "introduced": "2.7.0" }, { "fixed": "2.7.33" } ], "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD" } ] }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
- Events
- Database specific
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{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "3.5.0" }, { "fixed": "3.5.14" }, { "introduced": "4.0.0" }, { "fixed": "4.0.6" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" }