CVE-2023-20883 (GCVE-0-2023-20883)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-16 14:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Spring Boot versions 3.0.0 - 3.0.6, 2.7.0 - 2.7.11, 2.6.0 - 2.6.14, 2.5.0 - 2.5.14 and older unsupported versions, there is potential for a denial-of-service (DoS) attack if Spring MVC is used together with a reverse proxy cache.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-16 14:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Spring Boot |
Affected:
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