CVE-2025-41235 (GCVE-0-2025-41235)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-30 05:57 – Updated: 2025-05-30 12:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
CVE-2025-41235: Spring Cloud Gateway Server Forwards Headers from Untrusted Proxies
Summary
Spring Cloud Gateway Server forwards the X-Forwarded-For and Forwarded headers from untrusted proxies.
Severity
8.6 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-30 12:26 UTC
CWE
- CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Spring cloud Gateway |
Affected:
2.2.10.RELEASE - 4.2.2, 4.3.0-{M1, M2, RC1} , < 4.3.0, 4.2.3, 4.1.8, 4.0.12, 3.1.10
(oss, commercial)
|
guessed | |
| VMware | Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC |
Affected:
4.1.7 - 4.2.2, 4.3.0-{M1, M2, RC1} , < 4.3.0, 4.2.3, 4.1.8
(OSS)
|
guessed |
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