SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework:spring-core (GHSA-v596-fwhq-8x48)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421993

Description

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

- Spring Security (Spring Security 4.1.x before 4.1.5, 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 5.0.x before 5.0.1; and
Spring Framework 4.3.x before 4.3.14 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3) does not consider URL path parameters when
processing security constraints. By adding a URL path parameter with special encodings, an attacker may be
able to bypass a security constraint. The root cause of this issue is a lack of clarity regarding the
handling of path parameters in the Servlet Specification. Some Servlet containers include path parameters
in the value returned for getPathInfo() and some do not. Spring Security uses the value returned by
getPathInfo() as part of the process of mapping requests to security constraints. In this particular
attack, different character encodings used in path parameters allows secured Spring MVC static resource
URLs to be bypassed. (CVE-2018-1199)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421993

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1199

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1199

cwe: CWE-20

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