CVE-2016-9878

Framework: Directory Traversal in the Spring Framework ResourceServlet

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.6

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 21, 2016

Updated · May 15, 2026

Description

It was found that ResourceServlet in Spring Framework does not sanitize the paths that have been provided properly. An attacker can utilize this flaw to conduct a directory traversal attacks.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')