Medium [CVE-2026-40977] Spring Boot: When an application is configured to use `ApplicationPidFileWriter`, a local attacker with write access to the PID file's location
This medium-severity VMware (Broadcom) advisory covers CVE-2026-40977 affecting Spring Boot.
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Summary
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.
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 3.5.0
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.15
- 3.4.16
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.18
- 3.3.19
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.32
- 2.7.33
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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