Improper Access Control Affecting org.springframework.security:spring-security-core package, versions [,5.7.12)[5.8.0,5.8.11)[6.0.0,6.0.10)[6.1.0,6.1.8)[6.2.0,6.2.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKSECURITY-6457293
  • published18 Mar 2024
  • disclosed18 Mar 2024
  • creditpwnull

Introduced: 18 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-22257  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-core to version 5.7.12, 5.8.11, 6.0.10, 6.1.8, 6.2.3 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control when the application uses AuthenticatedVoter directly and a null authentication parameter is passed to it. Exploiting this vulnerability resulting in an erroneous true return value.

Note

Users are not affected if:

  1. The application does not use AuthenticatedVoter#vote directly.

  2. The application does not pass null to AuthenticatedVoter#vote.

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