Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.springframework:spring-expression package, versions [5.3.0,5.3.39)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (11th
percentile)
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- published 15 Aug 2024
- disclosed 14 Aug 2024
- credit popko
Introduced: 14 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-38808 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-expression to version 5.3.39 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. Note: An application is vulnerable when the following is true:
The application evaluates user-supplied SpEL expressions.
Workaround
Evaluation of user-supplied SpEL expressions should be avoided when possible; otherwise, user-supplied SpEL expressions should be evaluated with a SimpleEvaluationContext in read-only mode. No other steps are necessary.