CVE-2023-20863 (GCVE-0-2023-20863)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-07 16:48
VLAI?
Summary
In spring framework versions prior to 5.2.24 release+ ,5.3.27+ and 6.0.8+ , it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Spring Framework Affected: Spring framework versions 5.2.x.release prior to 5.2.24.release+, 5.3.x prior to 5.3.27+, 6.0.x prior to 6.0.8+ and older unsupported versions
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