Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-40992
Spring Boot's Mail auto-configuration does not enable hostname verification. Applications that set the relevant JavaMail property, such as spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.ssl.checkserveridentity=true, are not affected.
Affected versions:
Spring Boot 4.0.0 through 4.0.6; 3.5.0 through 3.5.14; 3.4.0 through 3.4.16.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 2.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.0
Products affected by CVE-2026-40992
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.11
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.12
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.13
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.14
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.15
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.15.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.15.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.16
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.4.9
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.10
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.11
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.12
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.13
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.14
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:3.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:4.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:4.0.6