What is CVE-2026-41002?

CVE-2026-41002 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Cloud Config, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-41002?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Spring Cloud Config

CVE-2026-41002

The base directory (`spring.cloud.config.server.git.basedir`) used by the Spring Cloud Config Server to clone Git repositories to is susceptible to time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) attacks. Spring Cloud Config 3.1.x: affected from 3.1.0…

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.000 (1.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Spring Cloud Config — versions 3.1.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0
Vmware Spring_cloud_config

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41002?: CVE-2026-41002 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Cloud Config, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-41002?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.