Tracker / CVE-2026-40977
CVE-2026-40977
Medium 4.7
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 products and versions
| vmware | spring_boot · … → 2.7.33 |
|---|---|
| vmware | spring_boot · 3.3.0 → 3.3.19 |
| vmware | spring_boot · 3.4.0 → 3.4.16 |
| vmware | spring_boot · 3.5.0 → 3.5.14 |
| vmware | spring_boot · 4.0.0 → 4.0.6 |
Analysis
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