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Medium · 5.9 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2025-41242 EUVD-2025-25122GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f

CVE-2025-41242: Path traversal vulnerability on non-compliant Servlet containers

Published Aug 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 25, 2025 · Assigned by vmware

Vendor: VMware Product: Spring Framework Package: apache-nifi-registry Package: apache-nifi-registry-toolkit Package: libspring-java Package: libspring-java Package: org.springframework:spring-webmvc Package: thingsboard Package: thingsboard-tb-js-executor Package: thingsboard-tb-mqtt-transport Package: thingsboard-tb-node Package: thingsboard-tb-web-ui Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Maven Ecosystem: Ubuntu Ecosystem: Wolfi

Description

Spring Framework MVC applications can be vulnerable to a “Path Traversal Vulnerability” when deployed on a non-compliant Servlet container.

An application can be vulnerable when all the following are true:

* the application is deployed as a WAR or with an embedded Servlet container
* the Servlet container does not reject suspicious sequences https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/6.1/jakarta-servlet-spec-6.1.html#uri-path-canonicalization
* the application serves static resources https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/web/webmvc/mvc-config/static-resources.html#page-title  with Spring resource handling

We have verified that applications deployed on Apache Tomcat or Eclipse Jetty are not vulnerable, as long as default security features are not disabled in the configuration. Because we cannot check exploits against all Servlet containers and configuration variants, we strongly recommend upgrading your application.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
VMware Spring Framework 6.2.x – < 6.2.10, 6.1.x – < 6.1.22, 5.3.x – < 5.3.44 6.2.10

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 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling apache-nifi-registry +1 2.5.0-r1 —
Wolfi rolling thingsboard +4 4.1-r7 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.10 6.2.10 GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
Maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc >= 6.1.0, <= 6.1.21 — GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
Maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.29 — GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f
Maven org.springframework:spring-webmvc >= 5.3.0, <= 5.3.43 — GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f

Advisories 5

References