spring-projects/spring-framework · Security
Spring Framework vulnerable to Denial of Service
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-9cmq-m9j5-mvww
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-38808
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 4.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS v3
- 4.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS v4
- 5.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.38 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression that may cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Older, unsupported versions are also affected.
Specifically, an application is vulnerable when the following is true:
- The application evaluates user-supplied SpEL expressions.
CWEs
- CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38808 ↗
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38808 ↗
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/26f2dad388499faecf99e75b8856788e95d8d658 ↗
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/f44d13cb7816e586b86c02421af4f5498391111c ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240920-0002 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cmq-m9j5-mvww ↗