GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-56v8-86gj-66jp Spring Boot DevTools remote secret comparison is vulnerable to timing attacks
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-40972
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-208
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-06
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6 → fixed in 4.0.6
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools: >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.14 → fixed in 3.5.14
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools: >= 3.4.0, <= 3.4.15 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools: >= 3.3.0, <= 3.3.18 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools: <= 2.7.32 (no fix yet)
Description
An attacker on the same network as the remote application may be able to utilize a timing attack to discover information about the remote secret. In extreme circumstances this could result in the attacker determining the secret and uploading changed classes, thereby achieving remote code execution in the remote application.
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); DevTools remote secret comparison. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-40972 An attacker on the same network as the remote application may be able to utilize a timing attack to discover information about the remote… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy weakness