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Spring Framework vulnerable to denial of service

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 13, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 14, 2024

Package

maven org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.8
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.27
< 5.2.24.RELEASE

Patched versions

6.0.8
5.3.27
5.2.24.RELEASE

Description

In Spring Framework versions prior to 5.2.24.release+ , 5.3.27+ and 6.0.8+ , 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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 13, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 13, 2023
Reviewed Apr 17, 2023
Last updated Mar 14, 2024

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-20863

GHSA ID

GHSA-wxqc-pxw9-g2p8

Source code

Credits

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