🛡️ CVE-2026-40987 — spring-integration-file

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Spring Integration File Support: FTP/SFTP/SMB server can write arbitrary files anywhere on the client filesystem

A malicious or compromised FTP/SFTP/SMB server can write arbitrary files anywhere on the client filesystem (outside the configured local-directory) with attacker-controlled content.

Affected versions:

Spring Integration 7.0.0 through 7.0.4; 6.5.0 through 6.5.8; 6.4.0 through 6.4.11; 6.3.0 through 6.3.14; 5.5.0 through 5.5.20.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity high, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-40987 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2026-40987 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-file
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 11 June 2026 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
spring.io (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-06-11
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-file — —
unknown — —

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