GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq

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    GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq

    Published: 28 Mar 2023Last Modified: 23 Sept 2025

    Summary: Spring Framework is vulnerable to security bypass via mvcRequestMatcher pattern mismatch

    Details: Spring Framework running version 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 or 5.3.0 - 5.3.25 using "**" as a pattern in Spring Security configuration with the mvcRequestMatcher creates a mismatch in pattern matching between Spring Security and Spring MVC, and the potential for a security bypass.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20860, https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/202fa5cdb3a3d0cfe6967e85fa167d978244f28a, https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0006, https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-20860

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.springframework:spring

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.springframework/spring

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 6.0.0
    Fixed -6.0.7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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