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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2024-38807 EUVD-2024-2526GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76

CVE-2024-38807: Signature Forgery Vulnerability in Spring Boot's Loader

Published Aug 23, 2024 · Updated Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by vmware

Vendor: Spring Product: Spring Boot Package: libspring-java Package: libspring-java Package: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader Package: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Maven Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Applications that use spring-boot-loader or spring-boot-loader-classic and contain custom code that performs signature verification of nested jar files may be vulnerable to signature forgery where content that appears to have been signed by one signer has, in fact, been signed by another.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring Spring Boot 2.7.x – < 2.7.22, 3.0.x – < 3.0.17, 3.1.x – < 3.1.13, 3.2.x – < 3.2.9, 3.3.x – < 3.3.3 2.7.22

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libspring-java No fix yet —
Debian 13 libspring-java No fix yet —
Debian 12 libspring-java No fix yet —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libspring-java No fix yet —
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.22 2.7.22 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.17 3.0.17 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.13 3.1.13 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.9 3.2.9 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3 3.3.3 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.22 2.7.22 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.17 3.0.17 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.13 3.1.13 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.9 3.2.9 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader-classic >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3 3.3.3 GHSA-7cj3-x93g-gj76

Advisories 4

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