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CVE-2026-40968

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.2 Published: 2026-04-28 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

When an authenticated user is denied access to a gRPC method, their authenticated identity remains bound to the gRPC worker thread and can be inherited by a subsequent unauthenticated request on the same thread. This may allow the subsequent user to gain escalated permissions. Affected versions: Spring gRPC: 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 (fixed in 1.0.3). Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

Affected Platforms

Vmware Spring Grpc

Weakness Type

CWE-653

References