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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2024-38808

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

In Spring Framework versions through 5.3.38, a user can provide a specially crafted Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression that may cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when the following is true: The application evaluates user-supplied SpEL expressions.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published