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Public proof of concept

CVE-2024-38819

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-12-19
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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Description

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-12-1918:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  3. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-38819?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-38819?format=csv
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Versions per branch

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2024-38819 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
5 repositories, unverifiedmasa42/CVE-2024-38819-POCGhostS3c/CVE-2024-38819skrkcb2/cve-2024-38819vishalnoza/CVE-2024-38819-POC2trevorputbrese/cve-2024-38819-lab
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-12-20
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score56.0 %read 2026-10-23
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept5read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2024-12-19
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38819?

Applications serving static resources through the functional web frameworks WebMvc.fn or WebFlux.fn are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests and obtain any file on the file system that is also accessible to the process in which the Spring application is running.

Is CVE-2024-38819 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-38819 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 56.0% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-38819?

CVE-2024-38819 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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