High severity · published Jan 6, 2017
CVE-2016-9879
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Security before 3.2.10, 4.1.x before 4.1.4, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Security before 3.2.10, 4.1.x before 4.1.4, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1. Spring Security does not consider URL path parameters when processing security constraints. By adding a URL path parameter with an encoded "/" to a request, an attacker may be able to bypass a security constraint. The root cause of this issue is a lack of clarity regarding the handling of path parameters in the Servlet Specification. Some Servlet containers include path parameters in the value returned for getPathInfo() and some do not. Spring Security uses the value returned by getPathInfo() as part of the process of mapping requests to security constraints. The unexpected presence of path parameters can cause a constraint to be bypassed. Users of Apache Tomcat (all current versions) are not affected by this vulnerability since Tomcat follows the guidance previously provided by the Servlet Expert group and strips path parameters from the value returned by getContextPath(), getServletPath(), and getPathInfo(). Users of other Servlet containers based on Apache Tomcat may or may not be affected depending on whether or not the handling of path parameters has been modified. Users of IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.x are known to be affected. Users of other containers that implement the Servlet specification may be affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
Spring Security · Vmware
3.2.0; 3.2.1; 3.2.2; 3.2.3; 3.2.4; 3.2.5; +9 more · source: NVD
WA
Websphere Application Server · Ibm
8.5.0.0; 8.5.0.1; 8.5.0.2; 8.5.5.0; 8.5.5.1; 8.5.5.2; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9879
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95142
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832
Mailing List
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9879
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