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TI-2025-27489 Aliases CVE-2025-41242GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f

CVE-2025-41242: Path traversal vulnerability on non-compliant Servlet containers

Priority LOW 31CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Spring Framework MVC applications can be vulnerable to a “Path Traversal Vulnerability” when deployed on a non-compliant Servlet container. An application can be vulnerable when all the following are true: * the application is deployed as a WAR or with an embedded Servlet container * the Servlet container does not reject suspicious sequences https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/6.1/jakarta-servlet-spec-6.1.html#uri-path-canonicalization * the application serves static resources https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/web/webmvc/mvc-config/static-resources.html#page-title  with Spring resource handling We have verified that applications deployed on Apache Tomcat or Eclipse Jetty are not vulnerable, as long as default security features are not disabled in the configuration. Because we cannot check exploits against all Servlet containers and configuration variants, we strongly recommend upgrading your application.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02127 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Spring Framework (VMware): 6.2.10, 6.1.22, 5.3.44org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven): 6.2.10Red Hat: 10 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
VMwareSpring Framework6.2.x to before 6.2.10; 6.1.x to before 6.1.22; 5.3.x to before 5.3.446.2.10, 6.1.22, 5.3.44Patch availableCNA
—org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)6.2.0 to before 6.2.106.2.10Patch availableGHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
—org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)6.1.0 – 6.1.21—No fix listedGHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
—org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)6.0.0 – 6.0.29—No fix listedGHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
—org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven)5.3.0 – 5.3.43—No fix listedGHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
  • Spring Framework VendorVMware Affected 6.2.x to before 6.2.10; 6.1.x to before 6.1.22; 5.3.x to before 5.3.44 Fixed in 6.2.10, 6.1.22, 5.3.44 Patch available CNA
  • org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.10 Fixed in 6.2.10 Patch available GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
  • org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.1.0 – 6.1.21 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
  • org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 – 6.0.29 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
  • org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 5.3.0 – 5.3.43 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f

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_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Spring Framework (VMware) Fixed in 6.2.10, 6.1.22, 5.3.44
  • Fix · GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f org.springframework:spring-webmvc (Maven) Fixed in 6.2.10 Advisory →

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: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Fuse 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Process Automation 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 4 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

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41242
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

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  • 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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