This Week in Spring - June 25th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As I write this I'm in beautiful Amsterdam, having visited with customers and spoken at a local Java User Group. Now I'm off to lovely London, UK. Last week I was in Krakow, Poland, for the amazing Devoxx PL event, and in Par...

Keycloak exposes sensitive information in Pushed Authorization Requests (PAR)

A flaw was found in Keycloak in the OAuth 2.0 Pushed Authorization Requests PAR. Client provided parameters were found to be included in plain text in the KCRESTART cookie returned by the authorization server's HTTP response to a requesturi authorization request. This could lead to an information...

Sensitive Information Disclosure

keycloak-services is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Disclosure. The vulnerability is due to client-provided parameters included in plain text within the KCRESTART cookie returned by the authorization server's HTTP response to a requesturi authorization request...

This Week in Spring - Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! We've had a really busy, wonderful week, as always, so let's dive right into it! We want you! ...to submit a talk to SpringOne 2024, in sunny Las Vegas! Hurry, the CFP closes May 3rd! Spring Shell 3.1.11, 3.2.4, and 3.3.0-m1...

GHSA-X637-X8P3-5P22 Improper Authentication in Spring Authorization Server

Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.5, 1.1.0 - 1.1.5, 1.2.0 - 1.2.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a PKCE Downgrade Attack for Confidential Clients. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when a Confidential Client uses PKCE for the Authorization Code Grant. An...

Improper Authentication in Spring Authorization Server

Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.5, 1.1.0 - 1.1.5, 1.2.0 - 1.2.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a PKCE Downgrade Attack for Confidential Clients. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when a Confidential Client uses PKCE for the Authorization Code Grant. An...

CVE-2024-22258

Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.5, 1.1.0 - 1.1.5, 1.2.0 - 1.2.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a PKCE Downgrade Attack for Confidential Clients. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when a Confidential Client uses PKCE for the Authorization Code Grant. An...

CVE-2024-22258

Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.5, 1.1.0 - 1.1.5, 1.2.0 - 1.2.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a PKCE Downgrade Attack for Confidential Clients. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when a Confidential Client uses PKCE for the Authorization Code Grant. An...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22258

Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.5, 1.1.0 - 1.1.5, 1.2.0 - 1.2.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a PKCE Downgrade Attack for Confidential Clients. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when a Confidential Client uses PKCE for the Authorization Code Grant. An...

CVE-2024-22258 CVE-2024-22258: PKCE Downgrade in Spring Authorization Server

Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.5, 1.1.0 - 1.1.5, 1.2.0 - 1.2.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a PKCE Downgrade Attack for Confidential Clients. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when a Confidential Client uses PKCE for the Authorization Code Grant. An...

CVE-2024-22258 CVE-2024-22258: PKCE Downgrade in Spring Authorization Server

Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.5, 1.1.0 - 1.1.5, 1.2.0 - 1.2.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a PKCE Downgrade Attack for Confidential Clients. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when a Confidential Client uses PKCE for the Authorization Code Grant. An...

CVE-2024-22258

CVE-2024-22258 affects Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0–1.0.5, 1.1.0–1.1.5, and 1.2.0–1.2.2 (and older unsupported) where confidential clients using PKCE with the Authorization Code Grant can be downgraded, potentially bypassing security restrictions. Public Clients using PKCE are not v...

Spring Authorization Server Security Vulnerability

VMware Spring Authorization Server is a framework for building secure OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect 1.0 authorization servers from VMware. A security vulnerability exists in Spring Authorization Server that stems from the vulnerability of an application to a PKCE downgrade attack when the PKCE...

Token Exchange support in Spring Security 6.3.0-M3

I'm excited to share that the there will be support for the OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange Grant RFC 8693 in Spring Security 6.3, which is available for preview now in the latest milestone 6.3.0-M3. This support provides the ability to use Token Exchange with OAuth2 Client. Similarly, server-side suppo...

PT-2024-19292

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Spring Authorization Server versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.5 Spring Authorization Server versions 1.1.0 through 1.1.5 Spring Authorization Server versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.2 Spring Authorization Server older unsupported versions Description The...

Spring Tips: the Spring Authorization Server: durability of data

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we continue our look at the venerable Spring Authorization Server, this time looking at how to configure persistence and durability for various aspects of the system...

This Week in Spring - March 5th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another exciting roundup of This Week in Spring! I expect many of you are reading this for the first time, especially with Facebook and Instagram being down. People have been exploring all the other lesser-known corners of the web, looking for their daily "doom scroll....

Spring Tips: the Spring Authorization Server: securing SPAs and messaging flows

hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we continue our look at the venerable Spring Authorization Server, this time looking at how to extend its use beyond just HTTP APIs, to secure single page applications and messaging flows with OAuth...

This Week in Spring - February 27th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring wherein we explore the latest-and-greatest in the wonderful world of Springdom. This week's going to be a very good one, so let's dive right into it! good news everyone! Spring Boot's been updated! 3.3.0-M2, 3.2.3, and 3.1.9 a...

Spring Tips: Spring Boot Testjars

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we look at the brand new Spring Boot Testjars project, which greatly simplifies standing up and reusing satellite Java-based services like other Spring Boot-based microservices or infrastructure like the Spring Authorization Server. springboot java java21...