Path Traversal in Spring Framework

CVE-2024-38819

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.560 (99.0th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% 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-2024-38819: rose from 0.549 to 0.560.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.549 · newest: 0.560 · change: +0.012

Affected products

  • Spring Framework — versions Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.40, 6.0.0 - 6.0.24, 6.1.0 - 6.1.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38819?
CVE-2024-38819 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Framework, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-38819?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38819 known to be exploited?
22 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.