Path traversal in Pivotal Spring Framework - CVE-2025-41242
Published: August 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114067
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-41242
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Pivotal Spring Framework
Pivotal Spring Framework
Detailed vulnerability description
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
How to mitigate CVE-2025-41242
Install updates from vendor's website.