VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-34042

CVSS score4.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-02-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system. While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-732
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-732

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