Spring Boot Loader signature forgery (CVE-2024-38807)
CVE-2024-38807 Published on August 23, 2024
CVE-2024-38807: Signature Forgery Vulnerability in Spring Boot's Loader
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-38807 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Types
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
The software does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
This attack-focused weakness is caused by improperly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-38807
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Affected Versions
Spring Boot:- Version 2.7.x and below 2.7.22 is affected.
- Version 3.0.x and below 3.0.17 is affected.
- Version 3.1.x and below 3.1.13 is affected.
- Version 3.2.x and below 3.2.9 is affected.
- Version 3.3.x and below 3.3.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.