SCA: security update for org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-rabbitmq (GHSA-9vc8-qppq-wvxc)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441428

Description

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

- When configured to use an SSL bundle, Spring Boot's RabbitMQ auto-configuration does not perform hostname
verification when connecting to the RabbitMQ broker. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6),
3.5.0–3.5.13 (fix 3.5.14) per vendor advisory. (CVE-2026-40971)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9vc8-qppq-wvxc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441428

Version: Revision 1.7

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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-2026-40971

cwe: CWE-295