CVE-2026-40977

MEDIUM

4.7

Description

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.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.14.7

SeveriteMEDIUM

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Vecteur d'attaqueLOCAL

ComplexiteHIGH

Privileges requisHIGH

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie4/28/2026

Derniere modification4/30/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Produits affectes

vmware:spring_boot

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40977(security@vmware.com)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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