Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple Spring Vulnerabilities have been addressed in IBM Library Support for Spring
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-41249
DESCRIPTION: The Spring Framework annotation detection mechanism may not correctly resolve annotations on methods within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. This can be an issue if such annotations are used for authorization decisions.
Your application may be affected by this if you are using Spring Security's @EnableMethodSecurity feature.
You are not affected by this if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity or if you do not use security annotations on methods in generic superclasses or generic interfaces.
This CVE is published in conjunction with CVE-2025-41248 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41248 .
CWE: CWE-285: Improper Authorization
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-41242
DESCRIPTION: Spring Framework MVC applications can be vulnerable to a “Path Traversal Vulnerability” when deployed on a non-compliant Servlet container.
An application can be vulnerable when all the following are true:
* the application is deployed as a WAR or with an embedded Servlet container
* the Servlet container does not reject suspicious sequences https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/6.1/jakarta-servlet-spec-6.1…
* the application serves static resources https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/reference/web/webmvc/mvc-config… with Spring resource handling
We have verified that applications deployed on Apache Tomcat or Eclipse Jetty are not vulnerable, as long as default security features are not disabled in the configuration. Because we cannot check exploits against all Servlet containers and configuration variants, we strongly recommend upgrading your application.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-22235
DESCRIPTION: EndpointRequest.to() creates a matcher for null/** if the actuator endpoint, for which the EndpointRequest has been created, is disabled or not exposed.
Your application may be affected by this if all the following conditions are met:
* You use Spring Security
* EndpointRequest.to() has been used in a Spring Security chain configuration
* The endpoint which EndpointRequest references is disabled or not exposed via web
* Your application handles requests to /null and this path needs protection
You are not affected if any of the following is true:
* You don't use Spring Security
* You don't use EndpointRequest.to()
* The endpoint which EndpointRequest.to() refers to is enabled and is exposed
* Your application does not handle requests to /null or this path does not need protection
CWE: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Library Support for Spring | 3.2.17 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
| Product(s) | Version(s) number and/or range | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Library Support for Spring | 3.2.17 | 3.2.17 version - The product is available for download exclusively through IBM Passport Advantage Online website. Please login with your IBM ID that is associated with the site number that was assigned to your company when you ordered the product. The product will be listed there and can be downloaded directly. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Multiple Spring-boot upto 3.2.12 and Spring-framework upto 6.1.21 Vulnerabilities have been addressed in IBM Library Support for Spring 3.2.17
Acknowledgement
Change History
17 Dec 2025: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 January 2026
Initial Publish date:
17 December 2025
UID
ibm17255051