CVE-2024-38828: DoS via Spring MVC controller method with byte[] parameter
Priority LOW 31CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 9 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Spring MVC controller methods with an @RequestBody byte[] method parameter are vulnerable to a DoS attack.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00724 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Spring (Spring): 5.3.42org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): 5.3.42Red Hat: 9 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Spring | 5.3.x to before 5.3.42 | 5.3.42 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) | 5.3.0 to before 5.3.42 | 5.3.42 | Patch available | GHSA-w3c8-7r8f-9jp8 |
- Spring VendorVMware Affected 5.3.x to before 5.3.42 Fixed in 5.3.42 Patch available CNA
- org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 5.3.0 to before 5.3.42 Fixed in 5.3.42 Patch available GHSA-w3c8-7r8f-9jp8
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Spring (Spring) Fixed in 5.3.42
- Fix · GHSA-w3c8-7r8f-9jp8 org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Fixed in 5.3.42 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Build of Keycloak | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38828
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w3c8-7r8f-9jp8
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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- TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-38828 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-38828 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w3c8-7r8f-9jp8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-38828 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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