GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw Spring Security vulnerable to Authorization Bypass of Static Resources in WebFlux Applications
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2024-38821
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-285, CWE-770
- Reviewed
- 2024-10-28
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 5.0.0, < 5.7.13 → fixed in 5.7.13
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 5.8.0, < 5.8.15 → fixed in 5.8.15
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.7 → fixed in 6.2.7
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.13 → fixed in 6.0.13
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.11 → fixed in 6.1.11
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 6.3.0, < 6.3.4 → fixed in 6.3.4
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
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2024-38821 Spring WebFlux applications that have Spring Security authorization rules on static resources can be bypassed under certain circumstances. vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38821 advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/0e257b56ce35402558a260ffa6b368982f9a7934 web
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/4ce7cde15599c0447163fd46bac616e03318bf5b web
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/b4f27777556c157ec5689c0769322c90be984514 web
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security package
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250124-0006 web
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38821 web