Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra (GHSA-5368-6h4h-gr29)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441403

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - When an application is configured to use `ApplicationPidFileWriter`, a local attacker with write access to
 the PID file's location can corrupt one file on the host each time the application is started. 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); PID file / symlink behavior (`ApplicationPidFileWriter`).
 Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory. (CVE-2026-40977)

Solution

Update the org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra library and its related packages to version 3.5.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5368-6h4h-gr29

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441403

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40977

cwe: CWE-59