CVE-2026-40977
CVE-2026-40977: 2 tracked advisory records across NetApp, VMware. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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NetApp
1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium4.7
Medium [CVE-2026-40977] Spring Boot Vulnerability in NetApp Products
NTAP-20260605-0009Source published Source updated
Multiple NetApp products incorporate Spring Boot. Certain versions of Spring Boot are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to addition or modification of data or Denial of Service (DoS). Affected products: Data Infrastructure Insights and Data Secure Storage Workload Security Agent. NetApp reports that one or more additional products remain under investigation; review the canonical advisory for current status. NetApp states there is no workaround available at this time.
- Affected products in this advisory
- Data Infrastructure Insights and Data Secure Storage Workload Security Agent
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- Data Infrastructure Insights and Data Secure Storage Workload Security Agent: Fixed as of 20260803.
VMware
1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium4.7
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
CVE-2026-40977Source published Source updated
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.
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- Spring Boot
- Source-reported affected versions
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 3.5.0
11 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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