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CVE-2024-38808: CVE-2024-38808: Spring Expression DoS Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.38 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to 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.

Affected products

• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• OnCommand Insight: all versions
• Spring Framework: from 5.3.0 before 5.3.39 — fixed in 5.3.39
• Spring Framework: from 5.3.0 before 5.3.39, 6.0+ — fixed in 5.3.39, 6.0+

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Framework 5.3.39; Spring Framework 5.3.39, 6.0+. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38808
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240920-0002/

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