VulnerabilityAwaiting Analysis
CVE-2026-40983
In Micrometer, it is possible for a user to provide specially crafted gRPC requests that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.63%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Micrometer, it is possible for a user to provide specially crafted gRPC requests that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Affected versions: Micrometer 1.16.0 through 1.16.5; 1.15.0 through 1.15.11.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.63% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40983
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36839
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54435
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62260
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40983
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486697
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40983.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.