CVE-2026-40968 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-40968: Spring gRPC SecurityContext leaks across requests on authorization failure

Vendor Spring
Product Spring gRPC
Weakness CWE-653
Published April 28, 2026
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When an authenticated user is denied access to a gRPC method, their authenticated identity remains bound to the gRPC worker thread and can be inherited by a subsequent unauthenticated request on the same thread. This may allow the subsequent user to gain escalated permissions. Affected versions: Spring gRPC: 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 (fixed in 1.0.3). Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 28, 2026 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated