CVE-2018-1199
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (17)
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- Dell EMC Spring by Pivotal≤ Older unmaintained versions of Spring Security & Spring Framework were not analyzed and may be impactedenisa_euvdEU
- oracle retail xstore point of service= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core4.1.0 → 4.1.5osvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core
- Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core4.2.0 → 4.2.4osvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core
- Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core5.0.0 → 5.0.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0528Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Data Protection Advisor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Dateien zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, seine Berechtigungen zu erweitern oder einen nicht spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-v596-fwhq-8x48Improper Input Validation in org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework.security:spring-security-core , and org.springframework:spring-core2018-10-17ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (19)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2405cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4ed49b103f64a0cecb38064f26cbf1389afc12124653da2d35166dbe@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab825fcade0b49becfa30235b3d54f4a51bb74ea96b6c9adb5d1378c@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dcf8599b80e43a6b60482607adb76c64672772dc2d9209ae2170f369@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1199cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ibm-guardium-data-encryption-gde-3/cnnvd
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2405enisa_euvd
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