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TI-2023-07280 Aliases CVE-2023-20861GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Spring Framework

Priority LOW 31CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service, Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 11 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400 and CWE-917.

Summary

In Spring Framework versions 6.0.0 - 6.0.6, 5.3.0 - 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE - 5.2.22.RELEASE, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0097 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven): 6.0.7, 5.3.26, 5.2.23.RELEASERed Hat: 9 advisoriesRed Hat: 8 fixed, 11 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
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 (6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.3.0 to 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE to 5.2.22.RELEASE, Older unsupported versions are also affected)—No fix listedCNA
—org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven)6.0.0 to before 6.0.76.0.7Patch availableGHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5
—org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven)5.3.0 to before 5.3.265.3.26Patch availableGHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5
—org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven)before 5.2.23.RELEASE5.2.23.RELEASEPatch availableGHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5
  • Spring Framework Vendor— Affected Spring Framework (6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.3.0 to 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE to 5.2.22.RELEASE, Older unsupported versions are also affected) Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.7 Fixed in 6.0.7 Patch available GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5
  • org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven) Vendor— Affected 5.3.0 to before 5.3.26 Fixed in 5.3.26 Patch available GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5
  • org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.2.23.RELEASE Fixed in 5.2.23.RELEASE Patch available GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.2.22; 5.3.0 – 5.3.25; 6.0.0 – 6.0.6VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.2.22; 5.3.0 – 5.3.25; 6.0.0 – 6.0.6 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5 org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven) Fixed in 6.0.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5 org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven) Fixed in 5.3.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5 org.springframework:spring-expression (Maven) Fixed in 5.2.23.RELEASE Advisory →

Red Hat 9 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:0778 Released 2024-02-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    Jenkins and Jenkins-2-plugins security update
    • OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 jenkins-2-plugins-4.12.1706515741-1.el8, jenkins-2.426.3.1706515686-3.el8
  • 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
Show 6 more Red Hat advisories
  • 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
  • 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-2023:3622 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: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat AMQ Broker 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Decision Manager 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
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 OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Process Automation 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Virtualization 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat support for Spring BootAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
AMQ Broker 7.10.3Fixed RHSA-2023:3185
OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12Fixed RHSA-2023:3610, RHSA-2024:0778
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 support for Spring Boot 2.7.13Fixed RHSA-2023:4612
Not affected: 19 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 4.12
  • 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 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-2023-20861
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5

References

Advisory 2

Other 6

  • 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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