Echo: org.springframework:spring-core: security update to 6.1.21-echo.1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461798

Description

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

- The Spring Framework annotation detection mechanism may not correctly resolve annotations on methods
within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. This can be an issue if
such annotations are used for authorization decisions. Your application may be affected by this if you are
using Spring Security's @EnableMethodSecurity feature. You are not affected by this if you are not using
@EnableMethodSecurity or if you do not use security annotations on methods in generic superclasses or
generic interfaces. This CVE is published in conjunction with CVE-2025-41248
https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41248 . (CVE-2025-41249)

Solution

Update the org.springframework:spring-core library and its related packages to version 6.1.21-echo.1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-41249

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461798

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-41249

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 5/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-41249