Spring MVC controller vulnerable to a DoS attack

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2024-38828 · GHSA-w3c8-7r8f-9jp8 · Published 18/11/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-38828 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting org.springframework:spring-webmvc.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.72%, higher than 54.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 5.3.42 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.springframework:spring-webmvc Maven	`≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.42`	`5.3.42`

Spring MVC controller methods with an @RequestBody byte[] method parameter are vulnerable to a DoS attack.

NVD description

Spring MVC controller methods with an @RequestBody byte[] method parameter are vulnerable to a DoS attack.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

Maven

≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.42

5.3.42

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