7.5

CVE-2023-20883: vmware spring_boot Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-xf96-w227-r7c4
Published 26-05-2023Last modified 16-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-20883 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in vmware spring_boot. EPSS estimates a 0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.91%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Spring Boot versions 3.0.0 - 3.0.6, 2.7.0 - 2.7.11, 2.6.0 - 2.6.14, 2.5.0 - 2.5.14 and older unsupported versions, there is potential for a denial-of-service (DoS) attack if Spring MVC is used together with a reverse proxy cache.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.91% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.91%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.springframework.boot1 product
  • spring-boot-autoconfigure≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.7 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.12 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.15 | < 2.5.15
Vmware1 product
  • spring_boot< 2.5.14 | ≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.14 | ≥ 2.7.0, ≤ 2.7.11 | ≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.0.6

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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