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Critical

CVE-2026-40974

Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra. 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); Cassandra SSL auto-configuration. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

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PublishedApr 28, 2026, 00:16

Published Bysecurity@vmware.com

Base Score

Score9.8

Affected Versions

Package (Ecosystem)IntroducedFixedLimit

org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra(Maven)4.0.04.0.6N/A

org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra(Maven)3.5.03.5.14N/A

org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra(Maven)3.4.0N/AN/A

org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra(Maven)3.3.0N/AN/A

org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra(Maven)0N/AN/A

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40974

Weakness Type

CWE-295

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

9.8

Vector String

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

Base SeverityCritical

Version

3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK