Access Control Bypass in Spring Security

2023-07-1915:30:26

CWE-284

GitHub Advisory Database

github.com

spring security

webflux

pattern matching

bypass

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

68.9%

JSON

Using “**” as a pattern in Spring Security configuration for WebFlux creates a mismatch in pattern matching between Spring Security and Spring WebFlux, and the potential for a security bypass.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

org.springframework.securityspring-security-configRange6.1.0–6.1.2

org.springframework.securityspring-security-configRange6.0.0–6.0.5

org.springframework.securityspring-security-configRange5.8.0–5.8.5

org.springframework.securityspring-security-configRange5.7.0–5.7.10

org.springframework.securityspring-security-configRange5.6.0–5.6.12

VendorProductVersionCPE
org.springframework.securityspring-security-config*cpe:2.3:a:org.springframework.security:spring-security-config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*