CVE-2026-41002 PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 07.05.2026 Updated: 07.05.2026

The base directory (spring.cloud.config.server.git.basedir) used by the Spring Cloud Config Server to clone Git repositories to is susceptible to time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) attacks. Spring Cloud Config 3.1.x: affected from 3.1.0 through 3.1.13 (inclusive); upgrade to 3.1.14 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.1.x: affected from 4.1.0 through 4.1.9 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.1.10 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.2.x: affected from 4.2.0 through 4.2.6 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.2.7 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.3.x: affected from 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.3.3 or greater. Spring Cloud Config 5.0.x: affected from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 5.0.3 or greater.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.4

Product Status

Vendor Spring
Product Spring Cloud Config
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.1.0 to 3.1.14 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.1.0 to 4.1.10 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.3.0 to 4.3.3 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.0.0 to 5.0.3 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition CWE

Impacts

  • A local privileged attacker who can influence the Git base directory can exploit the TOCTOU race condition to compromise confidentiality and integrity of data cloned by Spring Cloud Config Server.