CVE-2021-22118

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.15 and versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, a WebFlux application is vulnerable to a privilege escalation: by (re)creating the temporary storage directory, a locally authenticated malicious user can read or modify files that have been uploaded to the WebFlux application, or overwrite arbitrary files with multipart request data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269 CWE-668

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 27, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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