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CVE-2023-34042GHSA-9GP8-6CG8-7H34

The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be wri

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.1.4, 6.0.7, 5.8.7, 5.7.11
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system. While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • N/A Spring Security

    Version range not reported

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-configMaven

    From 6.1.1 · fixed in 6.1.4

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-configMaven

    From 6.0.4 · fixed in 6.0.7

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-configMaven

    From 5.8.4 · fixed in 5.8.7

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-configMaven

    From 5.7.9 · fixed in 5.7.11

References 1

spring.io