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TI-2023-07279 Aliases CVE-2023-20860GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq

Spring Framework running version 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 or 5.3.0 - 5.3.25 using "**" as a pattern…

Priority MEDIUM 45Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 7 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

Spring Framework running version 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 or 5.3.0 - 5.3.25 using "**" as a pattern in Spring Security configuration with the mvcRequestMatcher creates a mismatch in pattern matching between Spring Security and Spring MVC, and the potential for a security bypass.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03514 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.springframework:spring (Maven): 6.0.7, 5.3.26org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): 6.0.7, 5.3.26Red Hat: 10 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 7 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Spring FrameworkSpring Framework (versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6 and 5.3.0 to 5.3.25)—No fix listedCNA
—org.springframework:spring (Maven)6.0.0 to before 6.0.76.0.7Patch availableGHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq
—org.springframework:spring (Maven)5.3.0 to before 5.3.265.3.26Patch availableGHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq
—org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)6.0.0 to before 6.0.76.0.7Patch availableGHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq
—org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)5.3.0 to before 5.3.265.3.26Patch availableGHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq
  • Spring Framework Vendor— Affected Spring Framework (versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6 and 5.3.0 to 5.3.25) Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.springframework:spring (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.7 Fixed in 6.0.7 Patch available GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq
  • org.springframework:spring (Maven) Vendor— Affected 5.3.0 to before 5.3.26 Fixed in 5.3.26 Patch available GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq
  • org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.7 Fixed in 6.0.7 Patch available GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq
  • org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 5.3.0 to before 5.3.26 Fixed in 5.3.26 Patch available GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3.0 to before 5.3.26; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.7VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.0 to before 5.3.26; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.7 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq org.springframework:spring (Maven) Fixed in 6.0.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq org.springframework:spring (Maven) Fixed in 5.3.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Fixed in 6.0.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Fixed in 5.3.26 Advisory →

Red Hat 10 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:4983 Released 2023-09-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.13.4 security update
    • RHPAM 7.13.4 async
  • RHSA-2023:4612 Released 2023-08-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat support for Spring Boot 2.7.13 security update
    • Red Hat support for Spring Boot 2.7.13
  • RHSA-2023:3954 Released 2023-06-29 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat Fuse 7.12 release and security update
    • Red Hat Fuse 7.12
Show 7 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2023:3625 Released 2023-06-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.62 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 jenkins-2-plugins-4.10.1685679861-1.el8, jenkins-2.401.1.1685677065-1.el8
  • RHSA-2023:3771 Released 2023-06-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Virtualization security and bug fix update
    • RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 ovirt-dependencies-4.5.3-1.el8ev
  • RHSA-2023:3663 Released 2023-06-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
    • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 for RHEL 8 jenkins-2-plugins-4.11.1686831822-1.el8, jenkins-2.401.1.1686831596-3.el8
  • RHSA-2023:3622 Released 2023-06-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
    • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13 jenkins-2-plugins-4.13.1686680473-1.el8, jenkins-2.401.1.1686680404-3.el8
  • RHSA-2023:3610 Released 2023-06-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
    • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 jenkins-2-plugins-4.12.1686649756-1.el8, jenkins-2.401.1.1686649641-3.el8
  • RHSA-2023:3185 Released 2023-05-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.10.3 release and security update
    • AMQ Broker 7.10.3
  • RHSA-2023:2100 Released 2023-05-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Integration Camel for Spring Boot 3.20.1 security update
    • RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.20.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat AMQ Broker 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Virtualization 4AffectedNo fix yet
AMQ Broker 7.10.3Fixed RHSA-2023:3185
OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:3663
OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12Fixed RHSA-2023:3610
OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13Fixed RHSA-2023:3622
RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4Fixed RHSA-2023:3771
RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.20.1Fixed RHSA-2023:2100
RHPAM 7.13.4 asyncFixed RHSA-2023:4983
Red Hat Fuse 7.12Fixed RHSA-2023:3954
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10Fixed RHSA-2023:3625
Red Hat support for Spring Boot 2.7.13Fixed RHSA-2023:4612
Not affected: 21 products
  • A-MQ Clients 2
  • Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
  • Migration Toolkit for Applications 6
  • Migration Toolkit for Runtimes
  • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 for RHEL 8
  • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12
  • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13
  • RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Integration Camel K 1
  • Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.10
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts
  • streams for Apache Kafka

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-20860
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2022-07142 Code injection in Spring Framework KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-01175 Code injection in Spring Framework CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-04444 RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-01180 Code injection in Spring Framework CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-09283 Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00050 The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
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