5.3

CVE-2024-38820: vmware spring Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38820DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38820CGA-28x8-xwjg-qwgj
Published 18-10-2024Last modified 29-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38820 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in vmware spring. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CGA-9GRP-6G38-66X6CGA-C6CQ-22Q6-HC8WCGA-XQP6-884P-65F9

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The fix for CVE-2022-22968 made disallowedFields patterns in DataBinder case insensitive. However, String.toLowerCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in fields not protected as expected.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.62% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.62%

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

Chainguard29 products
  • apache-activemq-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • apache-activemq-fips-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • apache-nifi< 2.0.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-compat< 2.0.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-toolkit< 2.0.0-r0
Wolfi8 products
  • apache-nifi< 2.0.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-compat< 2.0.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-toolkit< 2.0.0-r0
  • thingsboard< 3.8.1-r1
  • thingsboard-tb-js-executor< 3.8.1-r1
Org.springframework2 products
  • spring-context≥ 6.1.0, < 6.1.14 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.24 | ≤ 5.3.40
  • spring-web≥ 6.1.0, < 6.1.14 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.24 | ≤ 5.3.40
Vmware2 products
  • spring≥ 5.3.x, < 5.3.41 | ≥ 6.0.x, < 6.0.25 | ≥ 6.1.x, < 6.1.14
  • spring_framework≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.41 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.25 | ≥ 6.1.0, < 6.1.14
Debian1 product
  • libspring-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • libspring-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 43 products

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