{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-40557", "assignerOrgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "apache", "dateReserved": "2026-04-14T11:20:51.218Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-27T13:12:11.118Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-27T13:36:44.872Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "packageName": "org.apache.storm:storm-metrics-prometheus", "product": "Apache Storm Prometheus Reporter", "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation", "versions": [{"lessThan": "2.8.7", "status": "affected", "version": "2.6.3", "versionType": "semver"}]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "K"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "<p><strong>Improper Certificate Validation via Global SSL Context Downgrade in Apache Storm Prometheus Reporter</strong></p>\n<p><b>Versions Affected: </b>from 2.6.3 to 2.8.6</p>\n<p><b>Description:&nbsp;</b></p><p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">In production deployments where an administrator enables </span><code>storm.daemon.metrics.reporter.plugin.prometheus.skip_tls_validation&nbsp;</code>(by default it is disabled)&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">intending to affect only the Prometheus reporter, the undocumented global side effect creates an attack surface across every TLS-protected communication channel in the Storm daemon.</span><b><br></b></p><p>The <code>PrometheusPreparableReporter</code> class implements an <code>INSECURE_TRUST_MANAGER</code> that accepts all SSL certificates without validation, with empty <code>checkClientTrusted</code> and <code>checkServerTrusted</code> methods. Most critically, when the <code>storm.daemon.metrics.reporter.plugin.prometheus.skip_tls_validation</code> configuration option is enabled (default = disabled) for HTTPS Prometheus PushGateway connections, the <code>INSECURE_CONNECTION_FACTORY</code> calls <code>SSLContext.setDefault(sslContext)</code>, which globally replaces the JVM's default SSL context rather than applying the insecure context only to the Prometheus connection. This payload flows through storm.yaml configuration \u2192 <code>PrometheusPreparableReporter.prepare()</code> \u2192 <code>INSECURE_CONNECTION_FACTORY</code> \u2192 <code>SSLContext.setDefault()</code>, resulting in a JVM-wide TLS security downgrade. 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