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Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-28T00:31:41Z","modified":"2026-05-06T19:05:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:02.883746Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40977","description":"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.\n\nAffected: 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-28T00:16:24.947Z","modified":"2026-07-24T21:10:00.143Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:16.252509Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40977","description":"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.\n\nAffected: 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-27T23:36:06.654Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:05.985187254Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:03.424067Z"},{"id":"GHSA-5368-6h4h-gr29","title":"Spring Boot's PID file write follows symlinks at predictable default path","description":"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.\n\nAffected: 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`). 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Fixed in 2.6.15-tuxcare.11.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T14:52:33Z","modified":"2026-11-02T19:45:30.070954407Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:30:18.404297Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1780534259","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 4 org.springframework.boot packages to address 4 CVEs. Fixed in 2.4.6-tuxcare.4.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T14:52:35Z","modified":"2026-11-02T19:45:36.98050967Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:30:13.950198Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1781484852","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 2 org.springframework.boot packages to address 4 CVEs. Fixed in 2.4.5-tuxcare.2.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T14:52:37Z","modified":"2026-11-02T19:45:36.894071379Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:30:13.950198Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1784164094","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot (7 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 4 org.springframework.boot packages to address 7 CVEs. Fixed in 2.3.6.RELEASE-tuxcare.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T14:52:44Z","modified":"2026-11-02T19:45:45.716571355Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:30:00.884471Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1788194802","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons to address 4 CVEs. 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Fixed in 3.3.13-tuxcare.4.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-09-03T07:52:14Z","modified":"2026-10-26T13:21:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:47.591214Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1788422044","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.data (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 5 org.springframework.data packages to address 4 CVEs. Fixed in 3.3.13-tuxcare.4.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-09-03T07:54:04Z","modified":"2026-10-26T13:21:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:47.591214Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1788422148","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.data:spring-data-keyvalue (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt org.springframework.data:spring-data-keyvalue to address 4 CVEs. Fixed in 3.3.13-tuxcare.4.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-09-03T07:55:48Z","modified":"2026-10-26T13:21:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:47.591214Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1788428259","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.data:spring-data-redis (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt org.springframework.data:spring-data-redis to address 4 CVEs. Fixed in 3.3.13-tuxcare.4.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-09-03T09:37:39Z","modified":"2026-10-26T13:21:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:47.591214Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1789414950","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot (3 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 3 org.springframework.boot packages to address 3 CVEs. Fixed in 3.4.13-tuxcare.3.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-14T19:42:30Z","modified":"2026-11-02T19:46:16.081882964Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:29:33.792105Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1793782615","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot:spring-boot (1 CVE)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt org.springframework.boot:spring-boot to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 3.2.12-tuxcare.6.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-04T09:56:56Z","modified":"2026-11-04T14:45:06.143430713Z","updated_at":"2026-11-04T15:03:54.132276Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1793805334","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot (5 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 4 org.springframework.boot packages to address 5 CVEs. Fixed in 2.7.9-tuxcare.2.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-04T16:15:36Z","modified":"2026-11-04T19:00:38.195749201Z","updated_at":"2026-11-04T19:15:03.6858Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1794182039","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot (4 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 3 org.springframework.boot packages to address 4 CVEs. Fixed in 2.5.7-tuxcare.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-09T00:54:00Z","modified":"2026-11-09T07:15:03.281712552Z","updated_at":"2026-11-09T07:20:29.20536Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1794195758","title":"TuxCare security update for org.springframework.boot (10 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt 6 org.springframework.boot packages to address 10 CVEs. 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