Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Spring Security by VMware
CVE-2022-31690

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 October 2022

Summary

Certain versions of Spring Security are vulnerable to privilege escalation that may arise when a malicious user modifies requests to the Authorization Server. If this server responds with an OAuth2 Access Token containing an empty scope list, it can result in unauthorized privileges for the attacker during token requests, leading to potential security breaches.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Security Spring Security (5.7 to 5.7.4 and 5.6 to 5.6.8 as well as older, unsupported versions)

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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