CVE-2024-38819

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

Published: 2024-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-38819 is rated Moderate Risk (64.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 93.19%, 100th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-38819

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-02 93.31% 93.19% -0.12%
2 2026-05-22 93.02% 93.31% +0.28%
3 2026-05-19 — 93.02% —

Full EPSS history (50 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-38819

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-38819

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-38819

GHSA-g5vr-rgqm-vf78 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Spring Framework Path Traversal vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-38819

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2024-38819 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-38819
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38819
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-38819 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38819

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-38819

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-38819

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