Vulnerability disclosed in Spring Framework Regarding SpEL Expressions 

Issue date: 18-07-2023
Affects versions: 15.2, 15.1, 14.7, 13.4

Security Issue ID

SECURITY-436

 

Affected Product Version(s)

15.2.2, 15.1.4, 14.7.13, 14.0.0, 13.4.22 and previous releases.

Severity 

High

Description

CVE-2023-20861 suppress

In Spring Framework versions 6.0.0 - 6.0.6, 5.3.0 - 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE - 5.2.22.RELEASE, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

 

CVSSv3.1

• Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
• Vector: /AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

 

CWE-770 : Allocation of resources without limits or throttling

 

Instructions

Customers are recommended to upgrade to the latest version. As of the time of writing, 15.2.3,14.7.14,13.4.23.