GHSA-37w2-q6vh-45v6: org.springframework.grpc:spring-grpc (CVE-2026-40969)

Spring gRPC AuthenticationException messages are reflected to remote client

CVSS 3.7 LowEPSS 0.0020 · 9th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 28 Apr 2026, 15:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
org.springframework.grpc:spring-grpc	Maven	<1.0.3	1.0.3

Identifiers

GHSA-37w2-q6vh-45v6 · CVE-2026-40969

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-209

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Spring gRPC (spring-grpc) versions before 1.0.3 return the raw message of every server-side AuthenticationException to the unauthenticated remote caller in the gRPC status description. An attacker who can send requests to the service can learn details of the authentication failure, which may help with further attacks. Upgrade spring-grpc to 1.0.3 or later.

Written 3 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
3.7	Low	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	CNA (vmware)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0020, the 9th percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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