CVE-2024-38816 Security Details

CVE ID

CVE-2024-38816

CWE

CWE-22

CVE 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. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true: * the web application uses RouterFunctions to serve static resources * resource handling is explicitly configured with a FileSystemResource location However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following is true: * the Spring Security HTTP Firewall https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/exploits/firewall.html  is in use * the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty

Published

Sep 13, 2024

CVSS Score & Severity

8.2High

CVSS Vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS Score

93.890%

Malware

malware

KEV Status

Not in KEV Catalog: No known exploits

Vulnerable Methods

org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.apply(Lorg/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/ServerRequest;)Lreactor/core/publisher/Mono;

JVMVulnerable params: 0

org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.apply(Lorg/springframework/web/servlet/function/ServerRequest;)Ljava/util/Optional;

JVMVulnerable params: 0

Affected Ecosystems

affected

Source

National Vulnerability Database

References

GitHub · CommitPROJECT

spring.ioPROJECT

GitHub · Advisory · GHSA-cx7f-g6mp-7hqmTHIRD_PARTY

security.netapp.comTHIRD_PARTY