GHSA-5368-6h4h-gr29MediumCVSS 4.7

Spring Boot's PID file write follows symlinks at predictable default path

Published
April 28, 2026
Last Modified
May 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

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); PID file / symlink behavior (ApplicationPidFileWriter). Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

🎯 Affected products5

  • maven/org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra:>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6
  • maven/org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra:>= 3.5.0, < 3.5.14
  • maven/org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra:>= 3.4.0, <= 3.4.15
  • maven/org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra:>= 3.3.0, <= 3.3.18
  • maven/org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cassandra:<= 2.7.32

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