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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-1270 in the critical feed json

Spring Framework allows applications to expose STOMP over WebSocket endpoints

published 8y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-p5hg-3xm3-gcjg , EUVD-2018-0646

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.6%
EPSS 77.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Spring Framework, versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.5 and versions 4.3 prior to 4.3.15 and older unsupported versions, allow applications to expose STOMP over WebSocket endpoints with a simple, in-memory STOMP broker through the spring-messaging module. A malicious user (or attacker) can craft a message to the broker that can lead to a remote code execution attack.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-messaging 4.3.16.RELEASE, 5.0.5.RELEASE
  • vmware spring_framework 4.3.16, 5.0.5
  • oracle communications_converged_application_server 7.0.0.1
  • oracle communications_diameter_signaling_router 8.3
  • oracle communications_performance_intelligence_center 10.2.1
  • oracle communications_services_gatekeeper 6.1.0.4.0
  • libspring-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.19-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1270

  • libspring-java Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.3.22-1~18.04

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1270

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1270 updated cvss 9.8

spring-framework: Possible RCE via spring messaging

  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 spring Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 spring
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Fuse Intergration Services 2.0 based on Fuse 6.3 R8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2939
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 springframework, springframework-tx, springframework-aop, springframework-jms, springframework-orm, springframework-oxm, +14 more Red Hat Fuse 7 spring Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 spring Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 spring Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 spring Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jbossweb jbossweb
    +14 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 undertow undertow Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 tomcat Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 spring Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 spring Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 spring Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 tomcat Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 spring Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) opendaylight Red Hat Storage 3 rhevm-dependencies Red Hat Virtualization 4 rhevm-dependencies
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

77.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44796/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-messaging
>=5.0.0.RELEASE, <5.0.5.RELEASE
<4.3.16.RELEASE
5.0.5.RELEASE
4.3.16.RELEASE

Affected products

  • Spring by Pivotal Spring Framework

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
  • CWE-358 Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
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References

Sources

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