VMware Spring Cloud Gateway up to 4.2.0 SSL Bundle Configuration cryptographic issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in VMware Spring Cloud Gateway up to 4.2.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component SSL Bundle Configuration Handler. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-22750. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in VMware Spring Cloud Gateway up to 4.2.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the component SSL Bundle Configuration Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

When configuring SSL bundles in Spring Cloud Gateway by using the configuration property spring.ssl.bundle, the configuration was silently ignored and the default SSL configuration was used instead. Note: The 4.2.x branch is no longer under open source support. If you are using Spring Cloud Gateway 4.2.0 and are not an enterprise customer, you can upgrade to any Spring Cloud Gateway 4.2.x release newer than 4.2.0  available on Maven Centeral https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/cloud/spring-cloud-gateway/ . Ideally if you are not an enterprise customer, you should be upgrading to 5.0.2 or 5.1.1 which are the current supported open source releases.

The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-22750 since 01/09/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/10/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Cloud Software

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• VMware

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• Spring Cloud Gateway

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• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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