Security Bulletin
Summary
Upgraded spring-boot-autoconfigure to 3.5.15 to remediate CVE-2026-40992 (Improper Certificate Validation) and CVE-2026-41001 (Insecure Temporary File) — highest CVSS Base Score 5.3 (Medium) — PVR0789890.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-40992
DESCRIPTION: Spring Boot's Mail auto-configuration does not enable hostname verification. Applications that set the relevant JavaMail property, such as spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.ssl.checkserveridentity=true, are not affected.
Affected versions:
Spring Boot 4.0.0 through 4.0.6; 3.5.0 through 3.5.14; 3.4.0 through 3.4.16.
CWE: CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2026-41001
DESCRIPTION: Spring Boot's ArtemisEmbeddedConfigurationFactory uses a fixed, static path for the embedded Artemis message broker's data directory when no explicit path is configured. A local attacker on the same host can pre-create this predictable directory or place a symlink before the application starts.
Affected versions:
Spring Boot 4.0.0 through 4.0.6; 3.5.0 through 3.5.14; 3.4.0 through 3.4.16; 3.3.0 through 3.3.19; 2.7.0 through 2.7.33.
CWE: CWE-377: Insecure Temporary File
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Db2 Developer Extension | 1.1.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Db2 Developer Extension | 1.2.0 |
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
17 Sep 2026: Initial Publication
18 Sep 2026: update Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 September 2026
Initial Publish date:
17 September 2026
UID
ibm17288082