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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core/CVE-2023-34042
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core/CVE-2023-34042
Aliases CVE-2023-34042
Summary The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system. While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core/CVE-2023-34042.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
CVE-2023-34042 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34042
CVE-2023-34042 https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-34042
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core/CVE-2023-34042.yml
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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none

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-06T16:00:46Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/34xxx/CVE-2023-34042.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2023-34042

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]