Authentication Bypass Affecting org.springframework.security:spring-security-web package, versions [3.2.0.RELEASE,4.1.1.RELEASE)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKSECURITY-31343
  • published 11 Jul 2016
  • disclosed 11 Jul 2016
  • credit Clément Notin

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-web to version 4.1.1.RELEASE or higher.

Overview

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web is a package within Spring Security that provides security services for the Spring IO Platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The strictness of the Spring Security and the Spring Framework request mapping may differ, which could lead to resources not being secured.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None