org.springframework.security:spring-security-config@5.6.10 vulnerabilities

Direct Vulnerabilities

Known vulnerabilities in the org.springframework.security:spring-security-config package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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Vulnerability Vulnerable Version
  • M
Authorization Bypass

org.springframework.security:spring-security-config is a security configuration package for Spring Framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass due to the use of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() that have Locale dependent exceptions, which results in authorization rules not working properly.

How to fix Authorization Bypass?

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-config to version 5.7.14, 5.8.16, 6.2.8, 6.3.5 or higher.

[,5.7.14) [5.8.0,5.8.16) [6.2.0,6.2.8) [6.3.0,6.3.5)
  • C
Access Control Bypass

org.springframework.security:spring-security-config is a security configuration package for Spring Framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass. When using ** as a pattern in Spring Security configuration for WebFlux a mismatch in pattern matching is created between Spring Security and Spring WebFlux, resulting in a security bypass.

Note:

The fixed versions require Spring Framework versions:

  1. 6.0.11+

  2. 5.3.29+

  3. 5.2.25+

Note: The Spring security team have published information about an existing PoC, but have not shared the PoC itself publicly, therefore we don't currently have the ability to verify it.

How to fix Access Control Bypass?

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-config to version 5.6.12, 5.7.10, 5.8.5, 6.0.5, 6.1.2 or higher.

[5.6.0,5.6.12) [5.7.0,5.7.10) [5.8.0,5.8.5) [6.0.0,6.0.5) [6.1.0,6.1.2)