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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2026-59280 json

Spring Framework Path Traversal via Backslash in SpringTemplateLoader

published 2026-08-27 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-01 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-67094

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Applications using Spring Framework's FreeMarker integration may be vulnerable to a path traversal attack when a controller returns a view name derived from untrusted input and FreeMarker is configured to resolve templates through SpringTemplateLoader. Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19 Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28 Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30 Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49 Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier

Patch / fix

  • vmware spring_framework 5.2.26, 5.3.50, 6.0.31, 6.1.29, 6.2.20, 7.0.8.1

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-2026-59280 updated cvss 4.3

org.springframework/spring-webmvc: Spring Framework: Path Traversal via untrusted input in FreeMarker integration

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 spring-webmvc 6.2.18
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 spring-webmvc 6.2.18
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31 devspaces/openvsx-rhel9 1792494821, devspaces/pluginregistry-rhel9 1792495212
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:90321
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 resteasy, resteasy-javadoc Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 resteasy, pki-resteasy-core, pki-resteasy-client, pki-resteasy-jackson2-provider, pki-resteasy-servlet-initializer Red Hat Fuse 7 spring-webmvc 6.2.18 Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31 devspaces/udi-rhel9 1792708612, devspaces/code-rhel9 1792599388, devspaces/server-rhel9 1792775639, devspaces/traefik-rhel9 1792464177, devspaces/udi-base-rhel9 1792686842, devspaces/code-sshd-rhel9 1792598059, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

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

Affected products

  • Spring Spring Framework

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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