9.1

CVE-2024-38821: spring

CVSS: 9.1v3.1CriticalDeferred
AliasesCGA-62r4-gc9p-j796CGA-6fgq-923p-85mhCGA-8v54-872h-v7f5
Published 28-10-2024Last modified 24-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38821 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in spring. EPSS estimates a 1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.74%
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-6G73-Q3C3-92W7CGA-F4V6-8G9Q-CVHMCGA-VVGP-WH95-88M9

Timeline

  1. 28-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Spring WebFlux applications that have Spring Security authorization rules on static resources can be bypassed under certain circumstances. For this to impact an application, all of the following must be true: * It must be a WebFlux application * It must be using Spring's static resources support * It must have a non-permitAll authorization rule applied to the static resources support

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.74% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.74%

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

Chainguard14 products
  • apache-nifi< 2.0.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-compat< 2.0.0-r0
  • apache-nifi-toolkit< 2.0.0-r0
  • kayenta-2025.4All versions (No fix recorded)
  • kayenta-2026.0All versions (No fix recorded)
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-r2
  • thingsboard-tb-js-executor< 3.8.1-r2
Org.springframework.security1 product
  • spring-security-web≥ 5.0.0, < 5.7.13 | ≥ 5.8.0, < 5.8.15 | ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.7 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.13 | ≥ 6.1.0, < 6.1.11 | ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.4
Spring1 product
  • spring≥ 5.7.x, < 5.7.13 | ≥ 5.8.x, < 5.8.15 | ≥ 6.0.x, < 6.0.13 | ≥ 6.1.x, < 6.1.11 | ≥ 6.2.x, < 6.2.7 | ≥ 6.3.x, < 6.3.4

4 vendors · 24 products

References

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