Missing Critical Step in Authentication Affecting dependency-track package, versions <4.14.1-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-DEPENDENCYTRACK-16345183
  • published2 May 2026
  • disclosed22 Apr 2026

Introduced: 22 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-40542  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-304  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard dependency-track to version 4.14.1-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dependency-track package and not the dependency-track package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.6.1, which fixes this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

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