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Learn moreCVE-2024-38819: Path traversal vulnerability in functional web frameworks (2nd report)
Description
Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.
This is similar to CVE-2024-38816, but with different input.
Affected Spring Products and Versions
Spring Framework:
- 5.3.0 - 5.3.40
- 6.0.0 - 6.0.24
- 6.1.0 - 6.1.13
- Older, unsupported versions are also affected
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
| Affected version(s) | Fix version | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| 5.3.x | 5.3.41 | Commercial |
| 6.0.x | 6.0.25 | Commercial |
| 6.1.x | 6.1.14 | OSS |
No further mitigation steps are necessary.
Credit
The issue was reported responsibly by Masato Anzai of Aeye Security Lab, Inc, and also by a second, anonymous reporter.
References
Reporting a vulnerability
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