CVE-2024-38807

CVE-2024-38807: Signature Forgery Vulnerability in Spring Boot's Loader

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS Score

Published: August 23, 2024 at 08:26 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:41 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSpring Boot

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Severity

MEDIUM6.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.1%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Applications that use spring-boot-loader or spring-boot-loader-classic and contain custom code that performs signature verification of nested jar files may be vulnerable to signature forgery where content that appears to have been signed by one signer has, in fact, been signed by another.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Spring Boot · Spring

60%

2.7.x ≤ v < 2.7.223.0.x ≤ v < 3.0.173.1.x ≤ v < 3.1.133.2.x ≤ v < 3.2.93.3.x ≤ v < 3.3.32.7.x 3.0.x 3.1.x 3.2.x 3.3.x

Affected range stops below 2.7.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.0.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.1.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.2.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: [email protected]

https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38807

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0006/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.3MEDIUMvmware

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-290CWE-347

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