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CVE-2023-34042

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CVE-2023-34042

Published: Feb 5, 2024

Modified: Jun 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.1

MEDIUM

Description

The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system. While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.

VendorProductVersions

N/A

Spring Security

affected
Spring Security 6.1.x prior to 6.1.4, Spring Security 6.0.x prior to 6.0.7, Spring Security 5.8.x prior to 5.8.7, Spring Security 5.7.x prior to 5.7.11

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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