Security advisory

{
  "id": "00f5fdcf2ed096fc0132e6684e119f73b79ed92691917f17510bc56cf82ba17f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20883",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-20883",
    "summary": "In Spring Boot versions 3.0.0 - 3.0.6, 2.7.0 - 2.7.11, 2.6.0 - 2.6.14, 2.5.0 - 2.5.14 and older unsupported versions, there is potential for a denial-of-service (DoS) attack if Spring MVC is used together with a reverse proxy cache.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-20883",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-20883",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-20883",
        "GHSA-xf96-w227-r7c4"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "93b52f7e11f3d9bf2a4a4922ba31fdb9a0b48d74"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "44047f322d50c365941b59ff782e15b605a457ea"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "548e8e0d369f77d54b8b748d71309816dd5981f2"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "1168d664487a3776b45f94a125dfd98cc841626b"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "36589df7b9eca90568a1a833a76a4c97f7d30d06"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "c9c359fd271d1b51bf16f50d685c49fa40ca1b8a"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6ce78443481350522a46a1696401f6cc33aee494"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.5.14"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.6.14"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.7.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.0.6",
            "v2.7.11",
            "v2.6.14",
            "v1.0.0.RC4",
            "v1.0.0.RC3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-20883.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.074547614Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://spring.io/security/cve-2023-20883",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/20xxx/CVE-2023-20883.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20883",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0008/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-400"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "vmware",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.14"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "VersionTextExtraction"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/20xxx/CVE-2023-20883.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-20883",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496907,
  "published_at": "2023-05-26T00:00:00+00:00"
}