VMware Tanzu Spring Security: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von Dateien
WID-SEC-2023-2385 · first 19.09.2023 · updated 28.05.2026 · CVSS 4,1
What it is about
Spring Security ist ein Framework, das Authentifizierung, Autorisierung und Schutz vor gängigen Angriffen bietet. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in VMware Tanzu Spring Security ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren.
Under what conditions?
Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- Dateien zu manipulieren
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- IBM Operational Decision Manager
- NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for Linux
- NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security <5.8.7
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security <6.0.7
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security <6.1.4
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security <6.2.0-M1
- IBM Security Guardium 12.0
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security 5.8.7
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security 6.0.7
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security 6.1.4
- VMware Tanzu Spring Security 6.2.0-M1
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- IBM Security Bulletin 7100884 vom 2023-12-20 www.ibm.com
- Spring Security Advisories vom 2023-09-18 spring.io
- Spring Security Advisories vom 2023-09-18 spring.io
- IBM Security Bulletin 7076274 vom 2023-11-15 www.ibm.com
- NetApp Security Advisory NTAP-20241129-0010 vom 2026-05-27 security.netapp.com
CVE: CVE-2023-34042
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.