AIKIDO-2026-10583
spring-boot is vulnerable to Insecure Randomness
60
Medium Risk
This Affects:
spring-bootTL;DR
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to the use of a weak pseudo-random number generator in the random value property source, causing ${random.value} to generate values unsuitable for use as secrets. Predictable or low-entropy values may weaken tokens, passwords, or other security-sensitive data derived from these properties.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if using a vulnerable version.
Background info
spring-boot is vulnerable to Insecure Randomness in versions 2.7.0 - 3.5.13 and 4.0.0 - 4.0.5.
How to fix this
Upgrade the org.springframework.boot:spring-boot library to the patch version.
Links
spring.io/security/cve-2026-40975access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17668access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21772access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22619access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25089access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40975bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463331security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40975.json
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