Bug 2389113 (CVE-2025-41242) - CVE-2025-41242 org.springframework/spring-webmvc: Spring Framework MVC path traversal vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2025-41242 org.springframework/spring-webmvc: Spring Framework MVC path t...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-41242
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2389237 2389236
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-08-18 09:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-09-03 08:28 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-18 09:01:14 UTC
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.


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