What is CVE-2024-38809?

CVE-2024-38809 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring Framework, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-38809?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-38809 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Spring Framework

CVE-2024-38809

Applications that parse ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers are vulnerable to DoS attack. Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version. Users of older, unsupported versions could enforce a size limit on "If-Match" and "If-None-Match" headers, e.g. through a Filter.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

N/a Spring Framework — versions 6.1.0 - 6.1.11, 6.0.0 - 6.0.22, 5.3.0 - 5.3.37

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38809?: CVE-2024-38809 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring Framework, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-38809?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38809 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.