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SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (GHSA-vhrg-v3cv-p247)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419363

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Security 4.2.0.RELEASE through 4.2.2.RELEASE, and Spring
 Security 5.0.0.M1. When configured to enable default typing, Jackson contained a deserialization
 vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Jackson fixed this vulnerability by
 blacklisting known "deserialization gadgets." Spring Security configures Jackson with global default
 typing enabled, which means that (through the previous exploit) arbitrary code could be executed if all of
 the following is true: (1) Spring Security's Jackson support is being leveraged by invoking
 SecurityJackson2Modules.getModules(ClassLoader) or
 SecurityJackson2Modules.enableDefaultTyping(ObjectMapper); (2) Jackson is used to deserialize data that is
 not trusted (Spring Security does not perform deserialization using Jackson, so this is an explicit choice
 of the user); and (3) there is an unknown (Jackson is not blacklisting it already) "deserialization
 gadget" that allows code execution present on the classpath. Jackson provides a blacklisting approach to
 protecting against this type of attack, but Spring Security should be proactive against blocking unknown
 "deserialization gadgets" when Spring Security enables default typing. (CVE-2017-4995)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vhrg-v3cv-p247

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419363

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-4995

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-4995

BID: 99080

cwe: CWE-502