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?

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

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…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.932 (99.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

N/a 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)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

spring.io/security/cve-2024-38819

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