GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-56v8-86gj-66jp Spring Boot DevTools remote secret comparison is vulnerable to timing attacks

HIGH Published 2026-04-28 Modified 2026-05-06 Official page ↗
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

References