CVE-2026-40968

medium

Description

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.

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40968

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-28

Updated: 2026-04-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.2

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

Severity: Medium