# CVE-2024-22234: CVE-2024-22234: Broken Access Control in Spring Security With Direct Use of isFullyAuthenticated

- Also known as: GHSA-W3W6-26F2-P474
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.7, 6.2.2
- Published: 2024-02-20 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Spring Spring Security: from 6.1.x, fixed in 6.1.7; from 6.2.x, fixed in 6.2.2
- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven): from 6.1.0, fixed in 6.1.7
- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven): from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.2.2

## Description

In Spring Security, versions 6.1.x prior to 6.1.7 and versions 6.2.x prior to 6.2.2, an application is vulnerable to broken access control when it directly uses the AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated(Authentication) method. Specifically, an application is vulnerable if: * The application uses AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated(Authentication) directly and a null authentication parameter is passed to it resulting in an erroneous true return value. An application is not vulnerable if any of the following is true: * The application does not use AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated(Authentication) directly. * The application does not pass null to AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated * The application only uses isFullyAuthenticated via Method Security https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/authorization/method-security.html or HTTP Request Security https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/authorization/authorize-http-requests.html

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.7, 6.2.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-22234
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0003/

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