CVE-2024-38808
MEDIUM4.3EPSS 0.81%Spring Framework vulnerable to Denial of Service
Published: 8/20/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.38 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression that may cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when the following is true: * The application evaluates user-supplied SpEL expressions.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libspring-javafrom 0
- Maven/org.springframework:spring-expressionfrom 0, < 5.3.39
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38808
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-38808
- PATCHhttps://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
- WEBhttps://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/26f2dad388499faecf99e75b8856788e95d8d658
- WEBhttps://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/f44d13cb7816e586b86c02421af4f5498391111c
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240920-0002
- WEBhttps://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38808