CVE-2026-40981
CVE-2026-40981: 2 tracked advisory records across Red Hat, VMware. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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Red Hat
1 advisory- Advisory severityHigh7.5
High [CVE-2026-40981] Information disclosure of secrets from unintended GCP projects
CVE-2026-40981Source published
Information disclosure of secrets from unintended GCP projects. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 7.5). Weakness: CWE-1220. No fix erratum has been published yet; monitor the Red Hat CVE page and apply the RHSA when released.
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- 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
- Red Hat rates this important; a fix erratum may not be out yet — apply the RHSA as soon as it publishes.
VMware
1 advisory- Advisory severityHigh7.5
High [CVE-2026-40981] When using Google Secrets Manager as a backend for the Spring Cloud Config server a client
CVE-2026-40981Source published Source updated
When using Google Secrets Manager as a backend for the Spring Cloud Config server a client can craft a request to the config server potentially exposing secrets from unintended GCP projects. 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.
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- Spring Cloud
- Source-reported affected versions
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.13
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.9
6 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- 3.1.14
- 4.1.10
- 4.2.7
- 4.3.3
1 more entries in the full advisory.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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