Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Micrometer (io.micrometer:micrometer-core) versions 1.16.0 through 1.16.5 and 1.15.0 through 1.15.11 are vulnerable. A user who can send specially crafted gRPC requests to an affected service can cause a denial-of-service condition. The source gives few details about the exact mechanism. Upgrade to micrometer-core 1.16.6 or 1.15.12, depending on the release line in use.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CNA (vmware) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0063, the 50th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-w737-wx49-qj23
- OSV: GHSA-w737-wx49-qj23
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40983
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36839
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54435
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62260
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40983
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486697
- github.com/micrometer-metrics/micrometer
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40983.json