CVE-2017-8046
N/A
Published: January 4, 2018 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 26, 2026 at 06:44 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsSpring BootSpring Data RESTSpring Data Rest
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 75%
Description
Malicious PATCH requests submitted to servers using Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), versions prior to 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) and Spring Boot versions prior to 1.5.9, 2.0 M6 can use specially crafted JSON data to run arbitrary Java code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 2.6.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.6.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.6.9
Affected range stops below 2.6.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100948Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2405x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8046Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44289/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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