Security Bypass Affecting org.springframework.security:spring-security-web package, versions [3.2.0.RELEASE,3.2.10.RELEASE)[4.0.0.RELEASE,4.1.4.RELEASE)[4.2.0.RELEASE,4.2.1.RELEASE)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKSECURITY-31344
  • published28 Dec 2016
  • disclosed28 Dec 2016
  • creditShumpei Asahara, Yuji Ito

Introduced: 28 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-417  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-web to version 3.2.10.RELEASE, 4.1.4.RELEASE, 4.2.1.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 Security Bypass. It was found that Spring Security does not consider URL path parameters when processing security constraints. By adding a URL path parameter with an encoded / to a request an attacker may be able to bypass a security constraint.

CVSS Scores

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