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GHSA-9CMQ-M9J5-MVWW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-20 09:30 – Updated: 2025-06-18 17:46

Summary

Spring Framework vulnerable to Denial of Service

Details

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.38 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression that may cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Older, unsupported versions are also affected.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when the following is true:

The application evaluates user-supplied SpEL expressions.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2025-06-18T17:46:28Z",
  "published": "2024-08-20T09:30:28Z",
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CVE-2024-38808 (GCVE-0-2024-38808)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-20 07:12 – Updated: 2024-10-30 18:41

Title

CVE-2024-38808: Spring Expression DoS Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-08-20 13:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

vmware CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 228 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38808
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024092…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Spring	Spring Framework	Affected: 5.3.0 , < 5.3.39, 6.0+ (5.3.396.0)

Date Public

2024-08-14 07:08

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