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SCA: security update for org.springframework:spring-core (GHSA-g8hw-794c-4j9g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422847

Description

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

 - Spring Framework, versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 and versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15 and older unsupported
 versions, allow applications to configure Spring MVC to serve static resources (e.g. CSS, JS, images).
 When static resources are served from a file system on Windows (as opposed to the classpath, or the
 ServletContext), a malicious user can send a request using a specially crafted URL that can lead a
 directory traversal attack. (CVE-2018-1271)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8hw-794c-4j9g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422847

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.09

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2018

Exploitable With

Elliot (Spring MVC File Disclosure)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1271

BID: 103699

cwe: CWE-22