GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Spring Framework MVC Applications Path Traversal Vulnerability
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-41242 is rated Moderate Risk (55.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.22%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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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 | 2026-05-24 | 4.52% | 5.22% | +0.70% |
| 2 | 2026-05-22 | 6.59% | 4.52% | -2.07% |
| 3 | 2026-05-05 | — | 6.59% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.2 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
GHSA-r936-gwx5-v52f · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Spring Framework MVC Applications Path Traversal Vulnerability
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-41242 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-2025-41242 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41242 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-41242 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 8, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-41242 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||