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SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom, org.springframework.security:spring-security-web (GHSA-gq28-h5vg-8prx)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415247

Description

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

 - Spring Security 5.4.x prior to 5.4.4, 5.3.x prior to 5.3.8.RELEASE, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.9.RELEASE, and
 older unsupported versions can fail to save the SecurityContext if it is changed more than once in a
 single request.A malicious user cannot cause the bug to happen (it must be programmed in). However, if the
 application's intent is to only allow the user to run with elevated privileges in a small portion of the
 application, the bug can be leveraged to extend those privileges to the rest of the application.
 (CVE-2021-22112)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gq28-h5vg-8prx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415247

Version: Revision 1.5

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: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22112

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 5/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22112

cwe: CWE-269