Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Spring Cloud Gateway Server Webflux versions 4.3.0 to before 4.3.2, 4.2.0 to before 4.2.6, 4.0.0 through 4.1.9, and 3.1.10 and earlier are vulnerable. An admin or untrusted third party who can create a route using Spring Expression Language can read environment variables and system properties when the gateway actuator endpoint is enabled and reachable without authentication. Upgrade to version 4.3.2 or 4.2.6, or disable the gateway actuator endpoint or secure it.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CNA (vmware) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0048, the 41st percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
- OSV: GHSA-fwxx-wv44-7qfg
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41253
- github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N&version=3.1
- spring.io/security/cve/2025-41253
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41253