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TI-2025-27499 Aliases CVE-2025-41253GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg

Spring Cloud Gateway Webflux SpEL Injection Vulnerability Allowing Exposure of Environment Variables

Priority LOW 39CWE-917Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-917.

Summary

The following versions of Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux may be vulnerable to the ability to expose environment variables and system properties to attackers. An application should be considered vulnerable when all the following are true: * The application is using Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux (Spring Cloud Gateway Server WebMVC is not vulnerable). * An admin or untrusted third party using Spring Expression Language (SpEL) to access environment variables or system properties via routes. * An untrusted third party could create a route that uses SpEL to access environment variables or system properties if: * The Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux actuator web endpoint is enabled via management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=gateway and management.endpoint.gateway.enabled=trueor management.endpoint.gateway.access=unrestricte. * The actuator endpoints are available to attackers. * The actuator endpoints are unsecured.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00478 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven): 4.3.2, 4.2.6

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
VMwareSpring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux3.1.x and later; 4.0.x and later; 4.1.x and later; 4.2.x and later; 4.3.x and later—No fix listedCNA
—org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven)4.3.0 to before 4.3.24.3.2Patch availableGHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
—org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven)4.2.0 to before 4.2.64.2.6Patch availableGHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
—org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven)4.0.0 – 4.1.9—No fix listedGHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
—org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven)up to 3.1.10—No fix listedGHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
  • Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux VendorVMware Affected 3.1.x and later; 4.0.x and later; 4.1.x and later; 4.2.x and later; 4.3.x and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.3.0 to before 4.3.2 Fixed in 4.3.2 Patch available GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
  • org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0 to before 4.2.6 Fixed in 4.2.6 Patch available GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
  • org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 – 4.1.9 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
  • org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 3.1.10 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven) Fixed in 4.3.2 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server (Maven) Fixed in 4.2.6 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41253
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

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  • 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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