Vulnerability in VMware Spring Security

CVE-2023-34042

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-34042: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • VMware Spring Security — versions 5.7.9, 5.7.10
  • Spring Security — versions 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-34042?
CVE-2023-34042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Spring Security, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-34042?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.