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TI-2024-26034 Aliases CVE-2024-38807GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76

CVE-2024-38807: Signature Forgery Vulnerability in Spring Boot's Loader

Priority LOW 27CWE-290Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-290.

Summary

Applications that use spring-boot-loader or spring-boot-loader-classic and contain custom code that performs signature verification of nested jar files may be vulnerable to signature forgery where content that appears to have been signed by one signer has, in fact, been signed by another.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00123 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Spring Boot (Spring): 2.7.22, 3.0.17, 3.1.13 +2org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven): 2.7.22, 3.0.17, 3.1.13 +2+1 more product

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
VMwareSpring Boot2.7.x to before 2.7.22; 3.0.x to before 3.0.17; 3.1.x to before 3.1.13; 3.2.x to before 3.2.9; 3.3.x to before 3.3.32.7.22, 3.0.17, 3.1.13, 3.2.9, 3.3.3Patch availableCNA
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven)2.7.0 to before 2.7.222.7.22Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven)2.7.0 to before 2.7.222.7.22Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven)3.0.0 to before 3.0.173.0.17Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven)3.0.0 to before 3.0.173.0.17Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven)3.1.0 to before 3.1.133.1.13Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven)3.1.0 to before 3.1.133.1.13Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven)3.2.0 to before 3.2.93.2.9Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven)3.2.0 to before 3.2.93.2.9Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven)3.3.0 to before 3.3.33.3.3Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
—org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven)3.3.0 to before 3.3.33.3.3Patch availableGHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • Spring Boot VendorVMware Affected 2.7.x to before 2.7.22; 3.0.x to before 3.0.17; 3.1.x to before 3.1.13; 3.2.x to before 3.2.9; 3.3.x to before 3.3.3 Fixed in 2.7.22, 3.0.17, 3.1.13, 3.2.9, 3.3.3 Patch available CNA
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.22 Fixed in 2.7.22 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.22 Fixed in 2.7.22 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.17 Fixed in 3.0.17 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.17 Fixed in 3.0.17 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.13 Fixed in 3.1.13 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.13 Fixed in 3.1.13 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.2.0 to before 3.2.9 Fixed in 3.2.9 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.2.0 to before 3.2.9 Fixed in 3.2.9 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.3 Fixed in 3.3.3 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.3 Fixed in 3.3.3 Patch available GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Spring Boot (Spring) Fixed in 2.7.22, 3.0.17, 3.1.13, 3.2.9, 3.3.3
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.22 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.22 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Fixed in 3.0.17 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Fixed in 3.0.17 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Fixed in 3.1.13 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Fixed in 3.1.13 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Fixed in 3.2.9 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Fixed in 3.2.9 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader (Maven) Fixed in 3.3.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic (Maven) Fixed in 3.3.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38807
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2026-42442 vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26040 Privilege escalation in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26039 Heap-overflow in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-24610 Out-of-bounds write in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-16914 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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