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GHSA-XG26-WM7C-XR7G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-30 06:32 – Updated: 2026-07-30 06:32

Details

Spring Tools for Eclipse stores the Spring Boot DevTools remote secret (spring.devtools.remote.secret) as a plain string attribute on the "Spring Boot DevTools Client" launch configuration. Eclipse persists launch configuration attributes as cleartext XML, either to workspace metadata or, if the user marks the configuration as a shared file, directly into the project tree where it can be committed to version control. This secret is the sole credential protecting the DevTools remote restart/reload endpoint, which accepts and executes arbitrary class bytes on the target application. Anyone able to read the .launch file (via filesystem access, a workspace backup, or a shared VCS repository) can extract the secret and use it to achieve remote code execution against the associated Spring Boot application. Affected Spring Products and Versions: Spring Tools for Eclipse: 5.2.0 and earlier

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2026-59327 (GCVE-0-2026-59327)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-30 05:29 – Updated: 2026-07-30 13:43

Title

Cleartext Storage of Spring Boot DevTools Remote Secret in Eclipse Launch Configurations

Summary

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Assigner

vmware

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59327

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Spring	Spring Tools for Eclipse	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.2.0 (custom)

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CVE-2026-59327 (GCVE-0-2026-59327)

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