VMware Spring Security up to 6.1.6/6.2.1 AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated access control

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A vulnerability was found in VMware Spring Security up to 6.1.6/6.2.1 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-22234. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in VMware Spring Security up to 6.1.6/6.2.1. Affected is the function AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Spring Security, versions 6.1.x prior to 6.1.7 and versions 6.2.x prior to 6.2.2, an application is vulnerable to broken access control when it directly uses the AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated(Authentication) method. Specifically, an application is vulnerable if: * The application uses AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated(Authentication) directly and a null authentication parameter is passed to it resulting in an erroneous true return value. An application is not vulnerable if any of the following is true: * The application does not use AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated(Authentication) directly. * The application does not pass null to AuthenticationTrustResolver.isFullyAuthenticated * The application only uses isFullyAuthenticated via Method Security https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/authorization/method-security.html  or HTTP Request Security https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/authorization/authorize-http-requests.html

The weakness was published 02/20/2024. The advisory is shared for download at spring.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-22234 since 01/08/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/20/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 6.1.7 or 6.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• VMware

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• Spring Security

Version

• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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