Bug 2467621 (CVE-2026-40981)

Summary:	CVE-2026-40981 Spring Cloud Config: Spring Cloud Config: Information disclosure of secrets from unintended GCP projects
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	asoldano, bbaranow, bmaxwell, bstansbe, dlofthou, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, mosmerov, msvehla, nwallace, pberan, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, rhel-process-autobot, rstancel, smaestri, thjenkin, vdosoudi, watson-tool-maintainers
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Spring Cloud Config. When utilizing Google Secrets Manager as a backend, a remote client can craft a specific request to the config server. This action may lead to the unintended exposure of secrets from other Google Cloud Platform (GCP) projects, resulting in sensitive information disclosure.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-07 05:01:51 UTC

When using Google Secrets Manager as a backend for the Spring Cloud Config server a client can craft a request to the config server potentially exposing secrets from unintended GCP projects.
Spring Cloud Config 3.1.x: affected from 3.1.0 through 3.1.13 (inclusive); upgrade to 3.1.14 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.1.x: affected from 4.1.0 through 4.1.9 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.1.10 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.2.x: affected from 4.2.0 through 4.2.6 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.2.7 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.3.x: affected from 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.3.3 or greater. Spring Cloud Config 5.0.x: affected from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 5.0.3 or greater.