CVE-2024-38827

Spring Security Authorization Bypass for Case Sensitive Comparisons

MEDIUM

4.8

CVSS Score

Published: December 2, 2024 at 02:32 PM UTC

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

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Severity

MEDIUM4.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

The usage of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in authorization rules not working properly.

Affected

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

Spring Security · Spring by VMware Tanzu

60%

5.7.0 - 5.7.13, 5.8.0 - 5.8.15, 6.0.0 - 6.0.13, 6.1.0 - 6.1.11, 6.2.0 - 6.2.7, 6.3.0 - 6.3.4, Older unsupported versions are also affected

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-2024-38827

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

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250124-0007/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.8MEDIUMvmware

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

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-639

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