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Medium

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.springframework.boot:spring-boot

  • Disclosed: 18.10.2018
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:20

Spring Boot supports an embedded launch script that can be used to easily run the application as a systemd or init.d linux service. The script included with Spring Boot 1.5.9 and earlier and 2.0.0.M1 through 2.0.0.M7 is susceptible to a symlink attack which allows the "run_user" to overwrite and take ownership of any file on the same system. In order to instigate the attack, the application must be installed as a service and the "run_user" requires shell access to the server. Spring Boot application that are not installed as a service, or are not using the embedded launch script are not susceptible.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.springframework.boot:spring-boot >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.10 1.5.10

References

CVSS score 5.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-59
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot
Disclosed
18.10.2018
Updated
11.10.2026 11:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xx65-cc7g-9pfp - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
10.2018 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 3
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. Spring Boot accepts predictable temp directory without ownership verification
    High · 7.0 CVE-2026-40973 >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6, >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.14, >= 3.4.0, <= 3.4.15, >= 3.3.0, <= 3.3.18, <= 2.7.32 4.0.6, 3.5.14
  2. Spring Boot's default security filter chain has no authorization rule with Actuator but without Health
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-40976 >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6 4.0.6
  3. Spring Boot EndpointRequest.to() creates wrong matcher if actuator endpoint is not exposed
    High · 7.3 CVE-2025-22235 <= 2.7.24.2, >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.15.2, >= 3.2.0, <= 3.2.13.2, >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.11, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.5 3.3.11, 3.4.5
  4. Temporary Directory Hijacking to Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in org.springframework.boot:spring-boot
    High · 7.8 CVE-2022-27772 < 2.2.11.RELEASE 2.2.11.RELEASE
  5. Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.springframework.boot:spring-boot this entry
    Medium · 5.9 CVE-2018-1196 >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.10 1.5.10

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