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CVE-2024-38820: Spring Framework DataBinder Case Sensitive Match Exception

LOW | OCTOBER 17, 2024 | CVE-2024-38820

Description

The fix for CVE-2022-22968 made disallowedFields patterns in DataBinder case insensitive. However, String.toLowerCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in fields not protected as expected.

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 versionAvailability
5.3.x5.3.41Enterprise Support Only
6.0.x6.0.25Enterprise Support Only
6.1.x6.1.14OSS

No other mitigation steps are necessary.

Credit

The vulnerability was reported responsibly by Marek Parfianowicz, Principal Engineer at Atlassian.

References

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