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

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Threat Intelligence

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

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKSECURITY-8309135
  • published28 Oct 2024
  • disclosed22 Oct 2024
  • credittkswifty, d4y1ightl

Introduced: 22 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-38821  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

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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