Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2026-47858live information startup mode is vulnerable for remote code execution

High 8.0

In plain English

A high-severity missing authentication in Spring Tools for Eclipse from Spring. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Starting Spring Boot applications in the Spring Tools with the live information mode enabled makes the running application vulnerable against JMX-based remote code execution. Affected Spring Products and Versions: Spring Tools for Eclipse: 5.2.0 and earlier Spring Tools for VSCode / Cursor / Theia: 2.2.0 and earlier

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Spring Spring Tools for Eclipse 0 – through 5.2.0
Spring Spring Tools for VSCode / Cursor / Theia 0 – through 2.2.0

Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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