CVE-2023-20861

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 0.97 % · percentile 62 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-03-23
Updated: 2025-02-25
Assigner: vmware
NVD status: Modified

Description

In Spring Framework versions 6.0.0 - 6.0.6, 5.3.0 - 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE - 5.2.22.RELEASE, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

Advisories

GHSA-564r-hj7v-mcr5 — Spring Framework vulnerable to denial of service via specially crafted SpEL expression

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-0877
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-20861

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2024-AVI-0010 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2023-AVI-0990 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2023-AVI-0513 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≤ 5.2.22
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.3.0 ≤ 5.3.25
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.0.0 ≤ 6.0.6

Affected products

Product	Versions
Spring Framework	affected Spring Framework (6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.3.0 to 5.3.25, 5.2.0.RELEASE to 5.2.22.RELEASE, Older unsupported versions are also affected)

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD