CVE-2026-41004

MediumCVSS 4.4

Published: 07/05/2026(UTC)Updated: 26/10/2026(UTC)Translated: 26/10/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

When trace logging was enabled in Spring Cloud Config Server, sensitive information was written to logs in plain text. The issue affects 3.1.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x and 5.0.x branches within specific version ranges.

Risk Assessment

Sensitive data (e.g. passwords, secrets) may leak into logs accessible to unauthorized parties or log aggregation systems, potentially leading to environment compromise.

Recommendation

Upgrade Spring Cloud Config to 3.1.14, 4.1.10, 4.2.7, 4.3.3 or 5.0.3 (or later) for the respective branch; some fixes are available only under Enterprise Support.

Other vulnerabilities in Spring Cloud Config Server

CVE-2026-41002High
The Spring Cloud Config Server is susceptible to time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) attacks due to the use of a base directory for cloning Git repositories.

Original NVD description (English source)

When enabling trace logging in Spring Cloud Config Server sensitive information was placed in plain text in the logs. 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS