CVE-2026-40974CWE-295

Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra

Medium · published April 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra.

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); Cassandra SSL auto-configuration. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00360 · 28.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation
Published
2026-04-27T23:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 APR 23:31Z
    Spring Boot's Cassandra auto-configuration does not perform hostname verification when establishing an SSL connection to Cassandra
    cvelistv5