CVE-2024-38821

Authorization Bypass of Static Resources in WebFlux Applications

Published: Oct 28, 2024Updated: Jan 24, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-770

9.1CRITICAL

Description

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

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

Pivotal Software Inc.

commercial·USaka spring framework, redis, spring amqp rabbitmq

Spring FrameworkMixed

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web

OSS Libraries

Spring

oss-projectaka spring security, spring framework, spring boot

Spring

OSS Libraries

Exploitability

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References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38821

spring.io

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250124-0006/

security.netapp.com

https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38821

spring.io

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