SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-web (GHSA-gfwj-fwqj-fp3v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415103

Description

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

- In Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.15 and versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, a WebFlux
application is vulnerable to a privilege escalation: by (re)creating the temporary storage directory, a
locally authenticated malicious user can read or modify files that have been uploaded to the WebFlux
application, or overwrite arbitrary files with multipart request data. (CVE-2021-22118)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfwj-fwqj-fp3v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415103

Version: Revision 1.8

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22118