Grails data binding causes JVM crash and/or other denial of service

CVE-2023-46131 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Impact

A specially crafted web request can lead to a JVM crash or denial of service. Any Grails framework application using Grails data binding is vulnerable.

Patches

Patches are available for Grails 3 and later.

Workarounds

No workaround is possible except to avoid data binding to request data.

References

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
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Published (advisory)
2023-12-20 21:12:09 UTC
Updated
2023-12-21 15:53:50 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2023-12-20 21:12:09 UTC
NVD published
2023-12-20

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.54% 67.51%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
6.5 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-3pjv-r7w4-2cf5 ↗
CVE CVE-2023-46131 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected packages (4)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven org.grails:grails-databinding >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.0 6.1.0 —
maven org.grails:grails-databinding >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.4 5.3.4 —
maven org.grails:grails-databinding >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.3 4.1.3 —
maven org.grails:grails-databinding >= 2.0.0, < 3.3.17 3.3.17 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence