Improper Access Control SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKSECURITY-6457293

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Overview

org.springframework.security:spring-security-core is a package that provides security services for the Spring IO Platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control when the application uses AuthenticatedVoter directly and a null authentication parameter is passed to it. Exploiting this vulnerability resulting in an erroneous true return value.

Note

Users are not affected if:

1. The application does not use AuthenticatedVoter#vote directly.

2. The application does not pass null to AuthenticatedVoter#vote.

Remediation

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-core to version 5.7.12, 5.8.11, 6.0.10, 6.1.8, 6.2.3 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Issue
• Security Advisory