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SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-expression (GHSA-9cmq-m9j5-mvww)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413207

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.38 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to
 provide a specially crafted Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression that may cause a denial of
 service (DoS) condition. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when the following is true: * The
 application evaluates user-supplied SpEL expressions. (CVE-2024-38808)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cmq-m9j5-mvww

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413207

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38808

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38808

cwe: CWE-770