GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-9gp8-6cg8-7h34 Spring Security's spring-security.xsd file is world writable

MEDIUM Published 2024-02-06 Modified 2024-11-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-34042
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-732
Reviewed
2024-02-06

Affected packages

• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-config: >= 6.1.1, < 6.1.4 → fixed in 6.1.4 • Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-config: >= 6.0.4, < 6.0.7 → fixed in 6.0.7 • Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-config: >= 5.8.4, < 5.8.7 → fixed in 5.8.7 • Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-config: >= 5.7.9, < 5.7.11 → fixed in 5.7.11

Description

The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system. While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-34042 The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References