🛡️ CVE-2024-38819 on Maven (Root.io) — spring-webflux

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-38819 as tracked by Maven (Root.io), for the package spring-webflux. The fix is available in version 6.1.1-root.io.4; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2024-38819 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2024-38819 is recorded against 4 packages.

• io.root.org.springframework:spring-webflux (fixed in 6.1.1-root.io.4)
• io.root.org.springframework:spring-webmvc (fixed in 6.1.1-root.io.4)
• org.springframework:spring-webflux (fixed in 6.1.1-aikido.4)
• org.springframework:spring-webmvc (fixed in 6.1.1-aikido.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 19 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

io.root.org.springframework:spring-webflux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2026-22741 (2.0 Low, published 19 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2026-22740 (5.0 Medium, published 19 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2026-22737 (5.0 Medium, published 19 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2024-38816 (8.0 High, published 19 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2026-22745 (5.0 Medium, published 19 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2026-22735 (2.0 Low, published 17 Aug 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-22: Path Traversal) in other software:

• CVE-2016-1000305 (published 31 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-47951 (5.7 Medium, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-39210 (5.0 Medium, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-23608 (0.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-1483 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-52288 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-41057 (2.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-0241 (6.5 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-38819 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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