Medium [CVE-2026-40971] When configured to use an SSL bundle, Spring Boot's RabbitMQ auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification
This medium-severity VMware (Broadcom) advisory covers CVE-2026-40971 affecting Spring Boot, RabbitMQ.
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Summary
When configured to use an SSL bundle, Spring Boot's RabbitMQ auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when connecting to the RabbitMQ broker.
Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.0–3.5.13 (fix 3.5.14) per vendor advisory.
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 3.5.0
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.
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