cve-2023-20861
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-23 00:00
Modified
2025-02-25 15:38
Severity ?
Summary
In Spring Framework versions 6.0.0 - 6.0.6, 5.3.0 - 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE - 5.2.22.RELEASE, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0007/
security@vmware.comhttps://spring.io/security/cve-2023-20861Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0007/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-20861Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Spring Framework Version: Spring Framework (6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.3.0 to 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE to 5.2.22.RELEASE, Older unsupported versions are also affected)
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