CVE-2018-15758

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.15% (82nd) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Spring Security OAuth, versions 2.3 prior to 2.3.4, and 2.2 prior to 2.2.3, and 2.1 prior to 2.1.3, and 2.0 prior to 2.0.16, and older unsupported versions could be susceptible to a privilege escalation under certain conditions. A malicious user or attacker can craft a request to the approval endpoint that can modify the previously saved authorization request and lead to a privilege escalation on the subsequent approval. This scenario can happen if the application is configured to use a custom approval endpoint that declares AuthorizationRequest as a controller method argument. This vulnerability exposes applications that meet all of the following requirements: Act in the role of an Authorization Server (e.g. @EnableAuthorizationServer) and use a custom Approval Endpoint that declares AuthorizationRequest as a controller method argument. This vulnerability does not expose applications that: Act in the role of an Authorization Server and use the default Approval Endpoint, act in the role of a Resource Server only (e.g. @EnableResourceServer), act in the role of a Client only (e.g. @EnableOAuthClient).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–9.6

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.09.6criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.09.6criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 3.1 · impact 5.8

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Pivotal Spring Security OAuth≤ 2.3 ≤2.3.3enisa_euvdEU
Pivotal Spring Security OAuth≤ 2.1 ≤2.1.2enisa_euvdEU
Pivotal Spring Security OAuth≤ 2.2 ≤2.2.2enisa_euvdEU
Pivotal Spring Security OAuth≤ 2.0 ≤2.0.15enisa_euvdEU
pivotal software spring security oauth≤ 1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal software spring security oauth2.0.0 → 2.0.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal software spring security oauth2.1.0 → 2.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal software spring security oauth2.2.0 → 2.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal software spring security oauth2.3.0 → 2.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth22.0.0 → 2.0.16osvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.security.oauth/spring-security-oauth2
Maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth22.1.0 → 2.1.3osvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.security.oauth/spring-security-oauth2
Maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth22.2.0 → 2.2.3.RELEASEosvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.security.oauth/spring-security-oauth2
Maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth22.3.0 → 2.3.4.RELEASEosvUSpkg:maven/org.springframework.security.oauth/spring-security-oauth2

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-h8w4-qv99-f7vjAuthorization bypass in org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth22018-10-19ghsa · osvUS
Spring Security OAuth, versions 2.3 prior to 2.3.4, and 2.2 prior to 2.2.3, and 2.1 prior to 2.1.3, and 2.0 prior to 2.0.16, and older unsupported versions could be susceptible to a privilege escalation under certain conditions. A malicious user or attacker can craft a request to the approval endpoint that can modify the previously saved authorization request and lead to a privilege escalation on the subsequent approval. This scenario can happen if the application is configured to use a custom approval endpoint that declares AuthorizationRequest as a controller method argument. This vulnerability exposes applications that meet all of the following requirements: Act in the role of an Authorization Server (e.g. @EnableAuthorizationServer) and use a custom Approval Endpoint that declares AuthorizationRequest as a controller method argument. This vulnerability does not expose applications that: Act in the role of an Authorization Server and use the default Approval Endpoint, act in the role of a Resource Server only (e.g. @EnableResourceServer), act in the role of a Client only (e.g. @EnableOAuthClient).

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-10-18modified 2026-06-17

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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