SB2025053004 - IP address spoofing in Spring Cloud Gateway Server



SB2025053004 - IP address spoofing in Spring Cloud Gateway Server

Published: May 30, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025053004
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-41235)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to spoof requests origin.

The vulnerability exists due to the Spring Cloud Gateway accepts the X-Forwarded-* and Forwarded header from untrusted proxies. A remote attacker can manipulate the header information and spoof the IP address of the request source.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.