GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-mqvw-jfmh-93qq Spring Boot's Cassandra SSL auto-configuration disables TLS hostname verification

MEDIUM Published 2026-04-28 Modified 2026-05-06 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-40974
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-295
Reviewed
2026-05-06

Affected packages

• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6 → fixed in 4.0.6 • Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra: >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.14 → fixed in 3.5.14 • Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra: >= 3.4.0, <= 3.4.15 (no fix yet) • Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra: >= 3.3.0, <= 3.3.18 (no fix yet) • Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra: <= 2.7.32 (no fix yet)

Description

Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra. 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); Cassandra SSL auto-configuration. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-40974 Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References