Vulnerability in Spring By Pivotal Security
CVE-2018-15801
Spring Security versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.2 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability during JWT issuer validation. In order to be impacted, the same private key for an honest issuer and a malicious user must be used when signing JWTs. In that case, a malicious user could fashion signed JWTs with the malicious issuer URL that may be granted for the honest issuer.
EPSS: 0.007 (47.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Spring By Pivotal Security — versions 5.1.x
- Vmware Spring_framework
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15801?
- CVE-2018-15801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring By Pivotal Security, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2018-12-19.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15801?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.