CVE-2023-34042 Spring Security's spring-security.xsd file is world writable
A world-writable configuration file in Spring Security allows local attackers to modify it, potentially leading to future exploits.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-34042?
CVE-2023-34042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring Security, published on 5 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The spring-security.xsd file inside the spring-security-config jar is world writable which means that if it were extracted it could be written by anyone with access to the file system.
While there are no known exploits, this is an example of “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” and could result in an exploit. Users should update to the latest version of Spring Security to mitigate any future exploits found around this issue.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34042?
8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.security:spring-security-config. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 5.7.9 | 5.7.11 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 5.7.9 | 5.7.11 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 5.8.4 | 5.8.7 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 5.8.4 | 5.8.7 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 6.0.4 | 6.0.7 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 6.0.4 | 6.0.7 |
2 more packages
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 6.1.1 | 6.1.4 |
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config Maven | From 6.1.1 | 6.1.4 |
Products include Vmware Spring Security.
How do I fix CVE-2023-34042?
Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-config to a fixed version for your release line: 5.7.11, 5.8.7, 6.0.7 or 6.1.4.
Is CVE-2023-34042 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34042 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Spring Security
- CVE-2014-3527 Authorization Bypass in Spring Security
- CVE-2026-59354 Spring Security OAuth2 Authorization Server: Insufficient validation of Dynamic Client Registration metadata
- CVE-2026-59270 Spring Security embedded UnboundID LDAP server exposes well-known administrative bind DN on all network interfaces
- CVE-2026-22732 Under Some Conditions Spring Security HTTP Headers Are not Written
- CVE-2023-34034 Access Control Bypass in Spring Security
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9gp8-6cg8-7h34.