A local attacker on the same host as the application may be able to take control of the directory used by ApplicationTemp. When server.servlet.session.persistent is set to true and the attack persists across application restarts, this may allow the attacker to read session information and hijack authenticated users or deploy a gadget chain and execute code as the applications user.
Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5 (fix 4.0.6), 3.5.0–3.5.13 (fix 3.5.14), 3.4.0–3.4.15 (fix 3.4.16), 3.3.0–3.3.18 (fix 3.3.19), 2.7.0–2.7.32 (fix 2.7.33); predictable temp directory / ApplicationTemp ownership verification. Versions that are no longer supported are also affected per vendor advisory.
Weakness
Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring_boot | Vmware | * | 2.7.33 (excluding) |
| Spring_boot | Vmware | 3.3.0 (including) | 3.3.19 (excluding) |
| Spring_boot | Vmware | 3.4.0 (including) | 3.4.16 (excluding) |
| Spring_boot | Vmware | 3.5.0 (including) | 3.5.14 (excluding) |
| Spring_boot | Vmware | 4.0.0 (including) | 4.0.6 (excluding) |
| HawtIO HawtIO 4.4.0 | RedHat | spring-boot | * |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1 for Spring Boot 3.5.14 | RedHat | spring-boot | * |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28 | RedHat | devspaces/openvsx-rhel9:1779528224 | * |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.28 | RedHat | devspaces/pluginregistry-rhel9:1779359423 | * |