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GHSA-8crv-49fr-2h6j

GitHub Security Advisory

Spring Security and Spring Framework may not recognize certain paths that should be protected

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

Both Spring Security 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.0 and the Spring Framework 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x (as well as other unsupported versions) rely on URL pattern mappings for authorization and for mapping requests to controllers respectively. Differences in the strictness of the pattern matching mechanisms, for example with regards to space trimming in path segments, can lead Spring Security to not recognize certain paths as not protected that are in fact mapped to Spring MVC controllers that should be protected. The problem is compounded by the fact that the Spring Framework provides richer features with regards to pattern matching as well as by the fact that pattern matching in each Spring Security and the Spring Framework can easily be customized creating additional differences.

Affected Packages

Maven org.springframework:spring-core
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 4.3.1)
Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 4.1.1)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-8crv-49fr-2h6j
Published
October 17, 2018 8:30 PM
Last Modified
March 5, 2024 5:55 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.springframework:spring-core
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 5, 2025 6:30 AM

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