CVE-2024-38816 (High) detected in spring-webmvc-5.1.17.RELEASE.jar

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CVE-2024-38816 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - spring-webmvc-5.1.17.RELEASE.jar

Spring Web MVC

Library home page: https://projects.spring.io/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /swagger-client/spring/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /swagger-client/spring/pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-web-2.1.16.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ spring-webmvc-5.1.17.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 0879348474e22463e77dc76ba5e5f7e6300a2b6c

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true:

• the web application uses RouterFunctions to serve static resources
• resource handling is explicitly configured with a FileSystemResource location

However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following is true:

• the Spring Security HTTP Firewall https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/exploits/firewall.html  is in use
• the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty

Publish Date: 2024-09-13

URL: CVE-2024-38816

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38816

Release Date: 2024-09-13

Fix Resolution (org.springframework:spring-webmvc): 6.1.13

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web): 3.2.10

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