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CVE-2024-38808 json

CVE-2024-38808: Spring Expression DoS Vulnerability

published 2024-08-20 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-9cmq-m9j5-mvww , EUVD-2024-2544

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.38 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression that may cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when the following is true:

* The application evaluates user-supplied SpEL expressions.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-expression 5.3.39
  • Spring Spring Framework 5.3.39, 6.0+
  • jenkins ocp tools 4.12 2.462.3.1730119132-3.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.12 4.12.1730119231-1.el8
  • jenkins ocp tools 4.13 2.462.3.1729839924-3.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.13 4.13.1729840148-1.el8
  • jenkins ocp tools 4.14 2.462.3.1729839727-3.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.14 4.14.1729839844-1.el8
  • jenkins ocp tools 4.15 2.462.3.1729837947-3.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.15 4.15.1729838165-1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:8886RHSA-2024:8887RHSA-2024:8885RHSA-2024:8884

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-38808 updated cvss 5.9

spring-expression: Denial of service when processing a specially crafted Spring Expression Language expression

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 spring-expression
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 spring-expression
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8 spring-expression
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus spring-expression
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 spring-expression, org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.spring-expression org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.s
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 spring-expression
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 ovirt-dependencies
    under investigation
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  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 jenkins 2.462.3.1730119132-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.12.1730119231-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8886
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13 jenkins 2.462.3.1729839924-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.13.1729840148-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8887
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.14 jenkins 2.462.3.1729839727-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.14.1729839844-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8885
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.15 jenkins 2.462.3.1729837947-3.el8, jenkins-2-plugins 4.15.1729838165-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8884
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.2 for Spring Boot
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6508
  • Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2 spring-expression Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift spring-expression Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 spring-expression Red Hat AMQ Clients spring-expression Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 spring-expression Red Hat Build of Keycloak spring-expression
    +7 more products
    Red Hat Data Grid 8 spring-expression Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 spring-expression, org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.spring-expression org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.s Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 spring-expression, org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.spring-expression org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.s Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 spring-expression, org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.spring-expression org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.s Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 spring-expression Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack spring-expression, org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.spring-expression org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.s Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 spring-expression
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
GitHub 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-expression
<5.3.39
5.3.39

Affected products

  • Spring Spring Framework

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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