What is CVE-2024-38827?

CVE-2024-38827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring By VMware Tanzu Security, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-12-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-38827?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-38827 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Spring By VMware Tanzu Security

CVE-2024-38827

The usage of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in authorization rules not working properly.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Spring By Vmware Tanzu Security — versions 5.7.0 - 5.7.13, 5.8.0 - 5.8.15, 6.0.0 - 6.0.13, 6.1.0 - 6.1.11, 6.2.0 - 6.2.7, 6.3.0 - 6.3.4, Older unsupported versions are also affected

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38827?: CVE-2024-38827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring By VMware Tanzu Security, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-12-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-38827?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38827 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.