{"id":"CVE-2023-20873","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-20873","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:47.302Z","title":"In Spring Boot versions 3.0.0 - 3.0.5, 2.7.0 - 2.7.10, and older unsupported versions, an application that is deployed to Cloud Foundry could be susceptible to a security bypass.","description":"In Spring Boot versions 3.0.0 - 3.0.5, 2.7.0 - 2.7.10, and older unsupported versions, an application that is deployed to Cloud Foundry could be susceptible to a security bypass. Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation: 3.0.x users should upgrade to 3.0.6+. 2.7.x users should upgrade to 2.7.11+. Users of older, unsupported versions should upgrade to 3.0.6+ or 2.7.11+.","published":"2023-04-20T21:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:31:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["vmware/spring boot"],"epss":{"score":0.01122,"percentile":0.65984,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0009/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://spring.io/blog/2023/05/18/spring-boot-2-5-15-and-2-6-15-available-now","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-20873","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0009/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://spring.io/blog/2023/05/18/spring-boot-2-5-15-and-2-6-15-available-now","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-20873","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20873","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}