VMware fixes 1 vulnerability in Spring Cloud Gateway

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[TLP:CLEAR] VMware fixes 1 vulnerability in Spring Cloud Gateway

VMware fixes 1 vulnerability in Spring Cloud Gateway with versions 4.3.1, 4.2.5, 4.1.11 and 3.1.11 [1].

Spring Cloud Gateway - Spring Environment property modification (CVE-2025-41243)

CVSS 10.0 (Critical)

Under certain conditions, an unauthenticated remote attacker can manipulate sensitive Spring Environment properties and potentially execute code [1]. An application is vulnerable if all of the following hold: it uses Spring Cloud Gateway Server WebFlux, it includes Spring Boot Actuator, the web endpoint for the Spring Cloud Gateway Server WebFlux Actuator is enabled via management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=gateway, and the Actuator endpoints are available and unsecured [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

*:Spring Cloud Gateway; =4.3.0; >=4.2.0, <=4.2.4; >=4.1.0, <=4.1.10; >=4.0.0, <4.1.11; >=3.1.0, <=3.1.10

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

More information:

CVE-2025-41243 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-917: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection') at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 8. 9. 2025.

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[TLP:CLEAR] VMware fixes 1 vulnerability in Spring Cloud Gateway

Spring Cloud Gateway - Spring Environment property modification (CVE-2025-41243)

CVSS 10.0 (Critical)

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