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SCA: security update for org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra (GHSA-mqvw-jfmh-93qq)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441408

Description

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

 - 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.
 (CVE-2026-40974)

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-mqvw-jfmh-93qq

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441408

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2026-40974

cwe: CWE-295