Missing Authorization Affecting org.springframework.security:spring-security-web package, versions [,5.7.13) [5.8.0,5.8.15) [6.0.0,6.2.7) [6.3.0,6.3.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKSECURITY-8309135
  • published 28 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 22 Oct 2024
  • credit tkswifty, d4y1ightl

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-web to version 5.7.13, 5.8.15, 6.2.7, 6.3.4 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 Missing Authorization allowing Spring Security authorization rules to be bypassed for static resources.

Note:

Spring Security states that for this to impact an application, all of the following must be true:

  1. It must be a WebFlux application.

  2. It must be using Spring's static resources support.

  3. It must have a non-permitAll authorization rule applied to the static resources support.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.1 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None