CVE-2023-34042

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system.

While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 5, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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