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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw
Aliases CVE-2024-38821
Summary Spring Security vulnerable to Authorization Bypass of Static Resources in WebFlux Applications 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
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.4
Risk 4.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.1 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw.json
cvssv4 9.3 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw.json
generic_textual CRITICAL
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/0e257b56ce35402558a260ffa6b368982f9a7934
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/4ce7cde15599c0447163fd46bac616e03318bf5b
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/commit/b4f27777556c157ec5689c0769322c90be984514
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250124-0006
CVE-2024-38821 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38821
CVE-2024-38821 https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38821
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw/GHSA-c4q5-6c82-3qpw.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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There are no SSVC decisions available.