Vmware Spring Cloud Function up to 5.0.1 allocation of resources

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Vmware Spring Cloud Function up to 3.2.15/4.1.9/4.2.5/4.3.2/5.0.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-40990. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Vmware Spring Cloud Function up to 3.2.15/4.1.9/4.2.5/4.3.2/5.0.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OOM error is possible while attempting to add infinite amount of functions to Function Registry. Affected Spring Products and Versions: Spring Cloud Function 3.2.x: versions prior to 3.2.16 Spring Cloud Function 4.1.x: versions prior to 4.1.10 Spring Cloud Function 4.2.x: versions prior to 4.2.6 Spring Cloud Function 4.3.x: versions prior to 4.3.3 Spring Cloud Function 5.0.x: versions prior to 5.0.2 Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

The advisory is shared for download at spring.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-40990 since 04/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.2.16, 4.1.10, 4.2.6, 4.3.3 or 5.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Cloud Software

Vendor

• Vmware

Name

• Spring Cloud Function

Version

• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 3.2.7
• 3.2.8
• 3.2.9
• 3.2.10
• 3.2.11
• 3.2.12
• 3.2.13
• 3.2.14
• 3.2.15
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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