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Spring Framework is vulnerable to security bypass via mvcRequestMatcher pattern mismatch

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 28, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 14, 2024

Package

maven org.springframework:spring (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.7
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.26

Patched versions

6.0.7
5.3.26

Description

Spring Framework running version 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 or 5.3.0 - 5.3.25 using "**" as a pattern in Spring Security configuration with the mvcRequestMatcher creates a mismatch in pattern matching between Spring Security and Spring MVC, and the potential for a security bypass.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 27, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 28, 2023
Reviewed Mar 28, 2023
Last updated Mar 14, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2023-20860

GHSA ID

GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq

Source code

Credits

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