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high 8.6

CVE-2025-41235 json

CVE-2025-41235: Spring Cloud Gateway Server Forwards Headers from Untrusted Proxies

published last yr. modified last mo. also GHSA-6j2q-c73v-97c5 , EUVD-2025-16457

cvss
8.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Spring Cloud Gateway Server forwards the X-Forwarded-For and Forwarded headers from untrusted proxies.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server 3.1.10, 4.1.8, 4.2.3
  • maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc 4.2.3
  • VMware Spring cloud Gateway 4.3.0, 4.2.3, 4.1.8, 4.0.12, 3.1.10
  • VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC 4.3.0, 4.2.3, 4.1.8

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server
>=4.2.0, <4.2.3
>=4.1.0, <4.1.8
>=4.0.0, <=4.0.9
<3.1.10
4.2.3
4.1.8
3.1.10
maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc
>=4.1.7, <4.2.3
4.2.3

Affected products

  • VMware Spring cloud Gateway
  • VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests
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References

Sources

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