# org.springframework.boot:spring-boot (Maven) vulnerabilities

5 known vulnerabilities (1 critical, 2 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 4.1.2 (Oct 22, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 4.1.2 (Oct 22, 2026), the latest release
- Dependents: 1,402
- Releases: 298 since 1.0.0.RELEASE (Apr 1, 2014)
- Registry: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-40976: 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 (4.0.6 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-40973: 1.0.0.RELEASE to 2.7.18 (3.0.0 is outside it); 3.3.0 to 3.5.13 (3.5.14 is outside it); 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 (4.0.6 is outside it)
- CVE-2025-22235: 1.0.0.RELEASE to 2.7.18 (3.0.0 is outside it); 3.1.0 to 3.3.10 (3.3.11 is outside it); 3.4.0 to 3.4.4 (3.4.5 is outside it)
- CVE-2022-27772: 1.0.0.RELEASE to 2.2.10.RELEASE (2.2.11.RELEASE is outside it)
- CVE-2018-1196: 1.5.0.RELEASE to 1.5.9.RELEASE (1.5.10.RELEASE is outside it)

## Advisories (5)

### [CVE-2026-40976](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-40976): In certain circumstances, Spring Boot's default web security is ineffective allowing unauthorized access to all endpoints.

- Severity: Critical 9.1
- Published: Apr 27, 2026
- Affected: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.6.
- Fixed in 4.0.6 (released Apr 23, 2026, 4 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.1.2, is not affected.

### [CVE-2026-40973](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-40973): A local attacker on the same host as the application may be able to take control of the directory used by \`ApplicationTemp\`.

- Severity: High 7.0
- Published: Apr 27, 2026
- Affected: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.6; from 3.5.0, fixed in 3.5.14; from 3.4.0, through 3.4.15; from 3.3.0, through 3.3.18; through 2.7.32.
- Fixed in 3.5.14 (released Apr 23, 2026, 4 days before disclosure) and 4.0.6 (released Apr 23, 2026, 4 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.1.2, is not affected.

### [CVE-2025-22235](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-22235): Spring Boot EndpointRequest.to() creates wrong matcher if actuator endpoint is not exposed

- Severity: High 7.3
- Published: Apr 28, 2025
- Affected: through 2.7.24.2; from 3.1.0, through 3.1.15.2; from 3.2.0, through 3.2.13.2; from 3.3.0, fixed in 3.3.11; from 3.4.0, fixed in 3.4.5.
- Fixed in 3.3.11 (released Apr 24, 2025, 4 days before disclosure) and 3.4.5 (released Apr 24, 2025, 4 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.1.2, is not affected.

### [CVE-2022-27772](https://cve.now/CVE-2022-27772): spring-boot versions prior to version v2.2.11.RELEASE was vulnerable to temporary directory hijacking.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Mar 30, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 2.2.11.RELEASE.
- Fixed in 2.2.11.RELEASE (released Oct 29, 2020, 517 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.1.2, is not affected.

### [CVE-2018-1196](https://cve.now/CVE-2018-1196): Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d linux service.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Mar 19, 2018
- Affected: from 1.5.0, fixed in 1.5.10.
- Fixed in 1.5.10.RELEASE (released Jan 31, 2018, 47 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.1.2, is not affected.

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