High

Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted request using whitelabel views

Disclosed: 18.10.2018
Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

When processing authorization requests using the whitelabel views in Spring Security OAuth 2.0.0 to 2.0.9 and 1.0.0 to 1.0.5, the response_type parameter value was executed as Spring SpEL which enabled a malicious user to trigger remote code execution via the crafting of the value for response_type.

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Platform	Package	Vulnerable versions	Fixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven)	org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2	>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10, >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.5	2.0.10, 1.0.5

References

CVSS score 8.8/10

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): -
Platform: Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package: org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2
Disclosed: 18.10.2018
Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7q9c-h23x-65fq - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries: 5
First → latest: 10.2018 04.2022
Without a fix: 0
Exploited in attacks: 0

Severity breakdown

Critical 1
High 2
Medium 2

Disclosures per year

2018: 3
2019: 1
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 1
2023: 0
2024: 0
2025: 0
2026: 0

22.04.2022

Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth2

Medium · 6.5 CVE-2022-22969 >= 2.5.0.RELEASE, < 2.5.2.RELEASE, >= 2.4.0.RELEASE, < 2.4.2.RELEASE 2.5.2.RELEASE, 2.4.2.RELEASE
14.03.2019

spring-security-oauth and spring-security-oauth2 Open Redirect vulnerability

Medium · 6.5 CVE-2019-3778 < 2.0.17.RELEASE, >= 2.1.0.RELEASE, < 2.1.4.RELEASE, >= 2.2.0.RELEASE, < 2.2.4.RELEASE, >= 2.3.0.RELEASE, < 2.3.5.RELEASE 2.0.17.RELEASE, 2.1.4.RELEASE, 2.2.4.RELEASE, 2.3.5.RELEASE
19.10.2018

Authorization bypass in org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2

High · 8.1 CVE-2018-15758 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.16, >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3.RELEASE, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4.RELEASE 2.0.16, 2.1.3, 2.2.3.RELEASE, 2.3.4.RELEASE
18.10.2018

Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted request using whitelabel views this entry

High · 8.8 CVE-2016-4977 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10, >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.5 2.0.10, 1.0.5
18.10.2018

Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE)

Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-1260 >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2, >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.2, >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.15, >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.5 2.3.3, 2.2.2, 2.1.2, 2.0.15

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