Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Library Support for Spring has addressed these vulnerabilities with an update
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-41254
DESCRIPTION: STOMP over WebSocket applications may be vulnerable to a security bypass that allows an attacker to send unauthorized messages.
Affected Spring Products and VersionsSpring Framework:
* 6.2.0 - 6.2.11
* 6.1.0 - 6.1.23
* 6.0.x - 6.0.29
* 5.3.0 - 5.3.45
* Older, unsupported versions are also affected.
MitigationUsers of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
Affected version(s)Fix versionAvailability6.2.x6.2.12OSS6.1.x6.1.24 Commercial https://enterprise.spring.io/ 6.0.xN/A Out of support https://spring.io/projects/spring-framework#support 5.3.x5.3.46 Commercial https://enterprise.spring.io/ No further mitigation steps are necessary.
CreditThis vulnerability was discovered and responsibly reported by Jannis Kaiser.
CWE: CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-41253
DESCRIPTION: The following versions of Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux may be vulnerable to the ability to expose environment variables and system properties to attackers.
An application should be considered vulnerable when all the following are true:
* The application is using Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux (Spring Cloud Gateway Server WebMVC is not vulnerable).
* An admin or untrusted third party using Spring Expression Language (SpEL) to access environment variables or system properties via routes.
* An untrusted third party could create a route that uses SpEL to access environment variables or system properties if: * The Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux actuator web endpoint is enabled via management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=gateway and management.endpoint.gateway.enabled=trueor management.endpoint.gateway.access=unrestricte.
* The actuator endpoints are available to attackers.
* The actuator endpoints are unsecured.
CWE: CWE-917: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Library Support for Spring | 2.7.0 - 2.7.29 |
| IBM Library Support for Spring | 3.2.0 - 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 | 2.7.31 | The vulnerability can be remediated by using IBM Library Support for Spring v2.7.31, which is available for download from Fix Central |
| IBM Library Support for Spring | 3.2.19 | The vulnerability can be remediated by using IBM Library Support for Spring v3.2.19, which is available for download from Fix Central |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
18 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 Information
Modified date:
18 December 2025
Initial Publish date:
18 December 2025
UID
ibm17255262