MEDIUM 4.2 Maven
Spring gRPC SecurityContext leaks across requests upon authorization failure
GHSA-4g9c-3x4p-mfpp · CVE-2026-40968
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Description
When an authenticated user is denied access to a gRPC method, their authenticated identity remains bound to the gRPC worker thread and can be inherited by a subsequent unauthenticated request on the same thread. This may allow the subsequent user to gain escalated permissions.
Affected versions:
Spring gRPC: 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 (fixed in 1.0.3). Older, unsupported versions are also affected.
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