Security Bulletin: Due to use of spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.5.13.jar, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services is vulnerable to not perform hostname verification. — IBM:7275305

Summary

IBM:7275305 is a security advisory from IBM. Security Bulletin: Due to use of spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.5.13.jar, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services is vulnerable to not perform hostname verification. Vendor: IBM. Reported severity or threat: critical.

Timeline

Published by source

2026-06-06

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: critical.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services.

Product

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

IBM:7275305

Source

IBM

Vendor

IBM

Published by source

2026-06-06

Last source activity

2026-06-06

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-40974

Curated by

hlukh.ch

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