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CVE-2018-1260

CRITICAL

Spring Security OAuth, versions 2.3 prior to 2.3.3, 2.2 prior to 2.2.2, 2.1 prior to 2.1.2, 2.0 prior to 2.0.15 and older unsupported versions contains a remote code execution vulnerability. A malicious user or attacker can craft an authorization request to the authorization endpoint that can lead to remote code execution when the resource owner is forwarded to the approval endpoint.

Published: May 11, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-94

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

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

Affected Products (4)

Vendor Product Version
pivotal_software spring_security_oauth *
pivotal_software spring_security_oauth * ≥ 2.1
pivotal_software spring_security_oauth * ≥ 2.2
pivotal_software spring_security_oauth * ≥ 2.3

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-rrpm-pj7p-7j9q

Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE)

maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 Fixed: 2.3.3
maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2 Fixed: 2.2.2
maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.2 Fixed: 2.1.2
maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.15 Fixed: 2.0.15
maven org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.5

References (8)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 8.25%

Top 6% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 41.7 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub