Bug 2463330 (CVE-2026-40973)

Summary:	CVE-2026-40973 Spring Boot: Spring Boot: Arbitrary Code Execution and Session Hijacking via predictable temporary directory
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	abrianik, aschwart, asoldano, aszczucz, ataylor, bbaranow, bmaxwell, boliveir, bstansbe, dbruscin, dhanak, dlofthou, drichtar, drosa, fmariani, ggrzybek, gmalinko, gtanzill, ibek, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jbuscemi, jraez, jrokos, kaycoth, kvanderr, mnovotny, mosmerov, mposolda, msvehla, nwallace, parichar, pberan, pbizzarr, pdelbell, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, rhel-process-autobot, rmartinc, rstancel, rstepani, sausingh, sdawley, smaestri, ssilvert, sthorger, tasato, tcunning, thjenkin, vdosoudi, vmuzikar, watson-tool-maintainers, yfang
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Spring Boot. A local attacker on the same host as the application may be able to take control of the `ApplicationTemp` directory due to predictable temporary directory handling. When the `server.servlet.session.persistent` setting is enabled and the attack persists across application restarts, this could allow the attacker to read session information, hijack authenticated user sessions, or execute arbitrary code as the application's user.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2467990, 2467991
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-28 00:02:18 UTC

A local attacker on the same host as the application may be able to take control of the directory used by `ApplicationTemp`. When `server.servlet.session.persistent` is set to `true` and the attack persists across application restarts, this may allow the attacker to read session information and hijack authenticated users or deploy a gadget chain and execute code as the application's user.

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); predictable temp directory / `ApplicationTemp` ownership verification. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-14 16:56:23 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1 for Spring Boot 3.5.14

Via RHSA-2026:17668 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17668