5.5

CVE-2023-34042: vmware spring_security

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-9gp8-6cg8-7h34
Published 05-02-2024Last modified 03-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-34042 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in vmware spring_security. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

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.security1 product
  • spring-security-config≥ 6.1.1, < 6.1.4 | ≥ 6.0.4, < 6.0.7 | ≥ 5.8.4, < 5.8.7 | ≥ 5.7.9, < 5.7.11
Vmware1 product
  • spring_security≥ 5.8.4, < 5.8.7 | ≥ 6.0.4, < 6.0.7 | ≥ 6.1.1, < 6.1.4 | 5.7.9 | 5.7.10

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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