CVE-2026-40968CWE-653

Spring gRPC SecurityContext leaks across requests on authorization failure

Medium · published April 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

When an authenticated user is denied access to a gRPC method, their authenticated identity remains bound to the gRPC worker thread and can be inherited by a subsequent unauthenticated request on the same thread. This may allow the subsequent user to gain escalated permissions.

Affected versions:

Spring gRPC: 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 (fixed in 1.0.3). Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00303 · 21.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-653 · Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization
Published
2026-04-28T13:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 APR 13:42Z
    Spring gRPC SecurityContext leaks across requests on authorization failure
    cvelistv5