Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Spring Data REST

published 2021-10-28 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-4926-qpxg-6r3w , EUVD-2022-2343

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Spring Data REST versions 3.4.0 - 3.4.13, 3.5.0 - 3.5.5, and older unsupported versions, HTTP resources implemented by custom controllers using a configured base API path and a controller type-level request mapping are additionally exposed under URIs that can potentially be exposed for unauthorized access depending on the Spring Security configuration.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-core 3.4.14, 3.5.6

Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-core	>=3.4.0, <3.4.14 >=3.5.0, <3.5.6	3.4.14 3.5.6

Affected products

n/a Spring Data REST

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

tanzu.vmware.com /security/cve-2021-22047
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22047
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary