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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-8046

VMware Spring Framework Improper Input Validation

Published May 20, 2019 · catalog updated May 20, 2019 · VMware Spring Framework

Patch now

CVE-2017-8046 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm VMware Spring Framework against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
74.53%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor VMware Spring Framework

Malicious PATCH requests submitted to servers using Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), versions prior to 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) and Spring Boot versions prior to 1.5.9, 2.0 M6 can use specially crafted JSON data to run arbitrary Java code. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor VMware Spring Frameworkversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2017-8046

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-8046 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm VMware Spring Framework against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 74.53%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 20, 2019 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Malicious PATCH requests submitted to servers using Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), versions prior to 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) and Spring Boot versions prior to 1.5.9, 2.0 M6 can use specially crafted JSON data to run arbitrary Java code. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. May 20, 2019 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-8046

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-8046

    30-day exploitation probability 74.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-8046

    Malicious PATCH requests submitted to servers using Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), versions prior to 3.0.1 (Kay SR1) and Spring Boot versions prior to 1.5.9, 2.0 M6 can use specially crafted JSON data to run arbitrary Java code.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.