CVE-2026-41860 Weak cryptography in BOSH
A local attacker can intercept traffic and steal credentials because BOSH hard-codes SSL verification to none, allowing MITM attacks against the director or UAA.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-41860?
CVE-2026-41860 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Foundation BOSH, published on 4 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CWE-326 in BOSH allows a local attacker to steal Basic-auth credentials or redirect UAA token requests via MITM. HttpRequestHelper#create_async_endpoint and #send_http_get_request_synchronous hard-code OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE, enabling an attacker to intercept traffic between bosh-monitor and the BOSH director or UAA and steal credentials.
Affected versions: - BOSH: all versions prior to v282.1.9 (inclusive); fixed in v282.1.9 or later
Weakness: CWE-326
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-41860?
How do I fix CVE-2026-41860?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-41860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-41860 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41860 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fqm2-p6px-f54c.