CVE-2024-22259: CVE-2024-22259: Spring Framework URL Parsing with Host Validation (2nd report)

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-601

Description

Applications that use UriComponentsBuilder in Spring Framework to parse an externally provided URL (e.g. through a query parameter) AND perform validation checks on the host of the parsed URL may be vulnerable to a open redirect https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/601.html attack or to a SSRF attack if the URL is used after passing validation checks. This is the same as CVE-2024-22243 https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-22243 , but with different input.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
Spring Framework: before 5.3.33; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.18; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.5 — fixed in 5.3.33, 6.0.18, 6.1.5
Spring Framework: from 6.1.0 before 6.1.5; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.18; from 5.3.0 before 5.3.33 — fixed in 6.1.5, 6.0.18, 5.3.33
Spring Framework: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Framework 5.3.33, 6.0.18, 6.1.5; Spring Framework 6.1.5, 6.0.18, 5.3.33. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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