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Spring Security vulnerable to Authorization Bypass of Static Resources in WebFlux Applications

GHSA ID
GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw
CVE ID
CVE-2024-38821
Severity
critical
Published
Updated
CVSS
9.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3
9.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4
9.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Spring WebFlux applications that have Spring Security authorization rules on static resources can be bypassed under certain circumstances.

For this to impact an application, all of the following must be true:

  • It must be a WebFlux application
  • It must be using Spring's static resources support
  • It must have a non-permitAll authorization rule applied to the static resources support

CWEs

  • CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
  • CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

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