SB2025081411 - Path traversal in Spring Framework

Security Bulletin ID SB2025081411

CSH Severity

Medium

Patch available

YES

Number of vulnerabilities 1

Exploitation vector Remote access

Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low
Medium
High
Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-41242)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Note, the vulnerability affects installations when deployed on a non-compliant Servlet container.

An application can be vulnerable when all the following are true:

the application is deployed as a WAR or with an embedded Servlet container
the Servlet container does not reject suspicious sequences
the application serves static resources with Spring resource handling

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41242