GHSA-5368-6h4h-gr29
Spring Boot's PID file write follows symlinks at predictable default path
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-40977
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra | introduced 4.0.0, fixed 4.0.6 |
| Maven · org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra | introduced 3.5.0, fixed 3.5.14 |
| Maven · org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra | introduced 3.4.0, last affected 3.4.15 |
| Maven · org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra | introduced 3.3.0, last affected 3.3.18 |
| Maven · org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra | introduced 0, last affected 2.7.32 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40977 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot PACKAGE
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40977 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |