CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
Percentile
29.4%
h3. Problem
All Bitbucket versions, excluding 8.11.x, use Spring Security 5.7.7 or older, leading to Security scans listing Bitbucket as vulnerable to [CVE-2023-20862|https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-20862].
h3. Environment
Any Bitbucket older than version 8.11.0
h3. Steps to Reproduce
Check what spring-security is installed in the system by running a {{find}} command:
{noformat}
find . -name spring-security*
{noformat}
h3. Expected Results
{noformat}
find . -name spring-security*
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.11.0/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-web-5.7.8.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.11.0/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-config-5.7.8.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.11.0/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-crypto-5.7.8.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.11.0/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-core-5.7.8.jar
{noformat}
h3. Actual Results
{noformat}
find . -name spring-security*
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.7.4/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-core-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.7.4/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-crypto-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.7.4/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-config-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.7.4/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-web-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.8.5/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-core-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.8.5/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-crypto-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.8.5/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-config-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.8.5/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-web-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.9.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-core-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.9.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-crypto-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.9.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-config-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.9.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-web-5.7.5.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.10.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-crypto-5.7.7.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.10.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-core-5.7.7.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.10.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-config-5.7.7.jar
./atlassian-bitbucket-8.10.2/app/WEB-INF/lib/spring-security-web-5.7.7.jar
{noformat}
h3. Workaround
The only workaround available would be to upgrade Bitbucket to version 8.11.x
h3. Notes