CVE-2017-8046

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8046
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-04 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2026-06-26 18:44:14 UTC
DescriptionMalicious 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | run arbitrary Java code


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pivotal Software Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 All All All
Application Pivotal Software Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 m1 All All
Application Pivotal Software Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 m2 All All
Application Pivotal Software Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 m3 All All
Application Pivotal Software Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 m4 All All
Application Vmware Spring Boot All All All All
Application Vmware Spring Boot 2.0.0 milestone1 All All
Application Vmware Spring Boot 2.0.0 milestone2 All All
Application Vmware Spring Boot 2.0.0 milestone3 All All
Application Vmware Spring Boot 2.0.0 milestone4 All All
Application Vmware Spring Boot 2.0.0 milestone5 All All
Application Vmware Spring Data Rest All All All All
Application Vmware Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Vmware Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Vmware Spring Data Rest 3.0.0 rc3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Pivotal Pivotal Spring Data REST And Spring Boot affected Pivotal Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) and Spring Boot versions prior to 1.5.9, 2.0 M6 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Spring Data REST < 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9) / 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) - PATCH Request Remote Code Execution - Java webapps Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
CVE-2017-8046: RCE in PATCH requests in Spring Data REST | Security | Pivotal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pivotal.io Vendor Advisory
Multiple Pivotal Products CVE-2017-8046 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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