VMware Spring Framework up to 5.3.25/6.0.6 mvcRequestMatcher protection mechanism

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Spring Framework up to 5.3.25/6.0.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component mvcRequestMatcher Handler. Executing a manipulation with the input ** can lead to protection mechanism. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-20860. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Spring Framework up to 5.3.25/6.0.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component mvcRequestMatcher Handler. The manipulation with the input value ** leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Spring Framework running version 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 or 5.3.0 - 5.3.25 using "**" as a pattern in Spring Security configuration with the mvcRequestMatcher creates a mismatch in pattern matching between Spring Security and Spring MVC, and the potential for a security bypass.

The weakness was presented 03/28/2023. The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-20860 since 11/01/2022. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/16/2023).

Upgrading to version 5.3.26 or 6.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Spring Framework

Version

• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.4
• 5.3.5
• 5.3.6
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.8
• 5.3.9
• 5.3.10
• 5.3.11
• 5.3.12
• 5.3.13
• 5.3.14
• 5.3.15
• 5.3.16
• 5.3.17
• 5.3.18
• 5.3.19
• 5.3.20
• 5.3.21
• 5.3.22
• 5.3.23
• 5.3.24
• 5.3.25
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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