VMware Spring up to 5.3.40/6.0.24/6.1.13 DataBinder String.toLowerCase access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in VMware Spring up to 5.3.40/6.0.24/6.1.13. Impacted is the function String.toLowerCase of the component DataBinder. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38820. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in VMware Spring up to 5.3.40/6.0.24/6.1.13. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function String.toLowerCase of the component DataBinder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at spring.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-38820 since 06/20/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209652 (Spring Framework < 5.3.41 / 6.0.x < 6.0.25 / 6.1.x < 6.1.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.3.41, 6.0.25 or 6.1.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (209652) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0559). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• IBM Rational Build Forge

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Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Spring

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
• 5.3.26
• 5.3.27
• 5.3.28
• 5.3.29
• 5.3.30
• 5.3.31
• 5.3.32
• 5.3.33
• 5.3.34
• 5.3.35
• 5.3.36
• 5.3.37
• 5.3.38
• 5.3.39
• 5.3.40
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.0.16
• 6.0.17
• 6.0.18
• 6.0.19
• 6.0.20
• 6.0.21
• 6.0.22
• 6.0.23
• 6.0.24
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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