CVE-2022-31692

CVE-2022-31692 affects Spring Security prior to 5.7.5 (and 5.6 prior to 5.6.9). The issue allows authorization bypass when an application configures the FilterChainProxy to apply security to forward/include dispatcher types and uses AuthorizationFilter via manual wiring or authorizeHttpRequests()...

Authorization rules can be bypassed via forward or include dispatcher types in Spring Security

Spring Security, versions 5.7 prior to 5.7.5 and 5.6 prior to 5.6.9 could be susceptible to authorization rules bypass via forward or include dispatcher types. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when all of the following are true: An application is not vulnerable if any of the following i...

CVE-2022-31690

Spring Security, versions 5.7 prior to 5.7.5, and 5.6 prior to 5.6.9, and older unsupported versions could be susceptible to a privilege escalation under certain conditions. A malicious user or attacker can modify a request initiated by the Client via the browser to the Authorization Server which...

PT-2022-20892

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Spring Security versions 5.6 prior to 5.6.9 Spring Security versions 5.7 prior to 5.7.5 Description The issue concerns the potential bypass of authorization rules in Spring Security via forward or include dispatcher types. An application is...

This Week in Spring - October 25th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! When last we spoke, I was in Las Vegas, NV, for the JavaOne show. It was amazing! Im in sunny Singapore, then off to Malaysia and Thailand. Its the first time Ive been to any of these places since 2019! How good it is to be...

This Week in Spring - October 18th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Howre you doin? Im doin alright! Last week I was in Antwerp, Belgium, for the amazing Devoxx BE show. I did a presentation with my friend and hero James Ward on Spring and Kotlin that was voted third most-liked talk at a show with more than 250 speakers! That was a personal caree...

Security Bulletin: Spring Security OAuth Affects IBM Partner Engagement Manager (CVE-2022-22969)

Summary IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager uses Spring Security OAuth that is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by initiation of the Authorization Request in an OAuth 2.0 Client application. By sending multiple specially-crafted requests, a remote attacker could exploit this...

Security Bulletin: spring-security (Publicly disclosed vulnerability) Affects IBM Partner Engagement Manager (CVE-2022-22978)

Summary IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager uses Spring Security that could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the RegexRequestMatcher component. By misconfiguring RegexRequestMatcher with . in the regular expression, an attacker could exploit this...

This Week in Spring - September 20th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring wherein I endeavor as best as I can to capture the latest-and-greatest in the wide, wacky, and wonderful world of Springdom! Naturally, I fail miserably basically every week. Theres no way I could hope to capture everything of...

This Week in Spring - September 13th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Weve got a lot of good stuff to get to so lets dive right into it! A Bootiful Podcast: Hashicorps Rosemary Wang on securing the intersection of apps and ops with Hashicorp Vault a nice video by my colleague Dan Vega: Spring...

Vulnerabilities fixed in NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager

NetApp has fixed vulnerabilities in the Spring Security component of Active IQ Unified Manager for Windows, Linux, and VMware vSphere. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious party to execute attacks that result in the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service DoS Manipulation of data...

This Week in Spring - August 23rd, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Weve got a ton to cover, so lets dive right into it! A Bootiful Podcast: Flowable founder Joram Barrez on a Bootiful Podcast on workflow, business process management, and more Building IoT Applications Using Fauna and Spring...

This Week in Spring - August 16th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another wonder-filled installment of This Week in Spring! Its been a week! Sometimes I can scarcely believe it myself. And can you believe its August 16th already?? My daughters starting school this week! Were in the northern hemisphere, and Summer break is already ove...

Security Bulletin: IBM Data Risk Manager is affected by multiple vulnerabilities including remote code execution in Apache Log4j 1.x

Summary IBM Data Risk Manager IDRM 2.0.6.13, which is the only supported version, is impacted by multiple vulnerabilities including Apache Log4j 1.x CVE-2019-17571, CVE-2022-23305, CVE-2022-23307, CVE-2022-23302, CVE-2021-4104, CVE-2020-9488, CVE-2020-9493 which was bundled within hadoop-client...

This Week in Spring - August 1st, 2022

Aloha, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Im still on vacation on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii, but I wanted to say hello "aloha!" and share this weeks latest roundup of all thats good and glorious in the wide and wonderful world of Springdom. Funny thing,...

Spring Authorization Server Is Going 1.0

We are excited to announce that weve started preparing for Spring Authorization Server 1.0 with plans to release the GA version in November 2022. It has been just over two years since we initially announced this new project, and we have come a long way since its initial development. The project h...

This Week in Spring - July 19th, 2022

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week Im trying to wind down some threads and take some vacation with my family. Its going to be an amazing time, indeed! But that doesnt stop the deluge of novelties and news in the wide world of Springdom, so weve got a...

Spring Security 5.8.0-M1 and 6.0.0-M6 are released

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I am pleased to announce that Spring Security 5.8.0-M1 and 6.0.0-M6 are available now. This release includes dependency upgrades, bug fixes, and enhancements. Here are a few noteworthy changes: Deferred SecurityContext lookup...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-client is vulnerable to denial of service DoS attacks. An attacker is able to cause resource exhaustion via sending multiple requests initiating the authorization request for the authorization code grant using a single session or multiple...

The vulnerability of the RegexRequestMatcher component in the Spring Security Java framework allows attackers to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability of the RegexRequestMatcher component in the Spring Security Java framework, which is used for securing industrial applications, is related to deficiencies in the authentication process. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges remotely...