CVE-2023-34050

In spring AMQP versions 1.0.0 to 2.4.16 and 3.0.0 to 3.0.9 , allowed list patterns for deserializable class names were added to Spring AMQP, allowing users to lock down deserialization of data in messages from untrusted sources; however by default, when no allowed list was provided, all classes could be deserialized.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable if

• the SimpleMessageConverter or SerializerMessageConverter is used

• the user does not configure allowed list patterns

• untrusted message originators gain permissions to write messages to the RabbitMQ broker to send malicious content

Weakness

The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Make fields transient to protect them from deserialization.
• An attempt to serialize and then deserialize a class containing transient fields will result in NULLs where the transient data should be. This is an excellent way to prevent time, environment-based, or sensitive variables from being carried over and used improperly.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/586.html

References

• https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-34050
• https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-34050