CVE-2024-38827 (GCVE-0-2024-38827)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-02 14:32 – Updated: 2025-01-24 20:03
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Summary
The usage of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in authorization rules not working properly.
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4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Spring by VMware Tanzu Spring Security Affected: 5.7.0 - 5.7.13, 5.8.0 - 5.8.15, 6.0.0 - 6.0.13, 6.1.0 - 6.1.11, 6.2.0 - 6.2.7, 6.3.0 - 6.3.4, Older unsupported versions are also affected
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