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Spring Boot Actuator denial of service vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 28, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 27, 2024

Package

maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.7.18
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.13
>= 3.1.0, < 3.1.6

Patched versions

2.7.18
3.0.13
3.1.6

Description

In Spring Boot versions 2.7.0 - 2.7.17, 3.0.0-3.0.12 and 3.1.0-3.1.5, it is possible for a user to provide specially crafted HTTP requests that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when all of the following are true:

  • the application uses Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator is on the classpath

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 28, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 28, 2023
Reviewed Nov 28, 2023
Last updated Jun 27, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2023-34055

GHSA ID

GHSA-jjfh-589g-3hjx

Source code

Credits

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