CVE-2026-40977

A flaw was found in Spring Boot when an application is configured to use ApplicationPidFileWriter. A local attacker with write access to the PID file's location can exploit this vulnerability to corrupt one arbitrary file on the host each time the application is started. This can lead to data...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-40977

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - When an application is configured to use ApplicationPidFileWriter, a local attacker with write access to the PID file's location can corrupt one file on the ho...

CVE-2026-40977

When an application is configured to use ApplicationPidFileWriter, a local attacker with write access to the PID file's location can corrupt one file on the host each time the application is started. Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 fix 4.0.6, 3.5.0–3.5.13 fix 3.5.14, 3.4.0–3.4.15 fix 3.4.16,...