CVE-2023-34042 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-34042

Vendor N/A
Product Spring Security
Published February 5, 2024
Last update June 3, 2025

CVSS base score

4.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system. While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 5, 2024 CVE published
June 3, 2025 Record updated