CVE-2018-15756
Spring Framework, version 5.1, versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.10, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.20, and older unsupported versions on the 4.2.x branch provide support for range requests when serving static resources through the ResourceHttpRequestHandler, or starting in 5.0 when an annotated controller returns an org.springframework.core.io.Resource. A malicious user (or attacker) can add a range header with a high number of ranges, or with wide ranges that overlap, or both, for a denial of service attack. This vulnerability affects applications that depend on either spring-webmvc or spring-webflux. Such applications must also have a registration for serving static resources (e.g. JS, CSS, images, and others), or have an annotated controller that returns an org.springframework.core.io.Resource. Spring Boot applications that depend on spring-boot-starter-web or spring-boot-starter-webflux are ready to serve static resources out of the box and are therefore vulnerable.
EPSS 20.13% · 95.6th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | libspring-java | 0, 3.0.6.RELEASE-7, 3.0.6.RELEASE-8 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | libspring-java | 0, 3.2.13-3, 3.2.13-4 |
Timeline
- Oct 18, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 12, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jun 4, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15756 third-party-advisory
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15756 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15756 third-party-advisory