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CVE-2026-40982

CVE-2026-40982: 2 tracked advisory records across Red Hat, VMware. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.

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Red Hat

1 advisory
  • Advisory severityHigh8.2

    High [CVE-2026-40982] Directory traversal allows arbitrary file access

    CVE-2026-40982Source published

    Directory traversal allows arbitrary file access. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 8.2). Weakness: CWE-22. 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 severityCritical9.1

    Critical [CVE-2026-40982] Spring Cloud Config allows applications to serve arbitrary text and binary files through the spring-cloud-config-server module

    CVE-2026-40982Source published Source updated

    Spring Cloud Config allows applications to serve arbitrary text and binary files through the spring-cloud-config-server module. A malicious user, or attacker, can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead to a directory traversal attack. 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…

    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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