CVE-2026-59280: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Spring Spring Framework
Applications using Spring Framework's FreeMarker integration may be vulnerable to a path traversal attack when a controller returns a view name derived from untrusted input and FreeMarker is configured to resolve templates through SpringTemplateLoader. Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19 Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28 Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30 Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49 Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier
CVE-2026-59280: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Spring Spring Framework
Description
Applications using Spring Framework's FreeMarker integration may be vulnerable to a path traversal attack when a controller returns a view name derived from untrusted input and FreeMarker is configured to resolve templates through SpringTemplateLoader. Spring Framework 7.0.0 - 7.0.8 Spring Framework 6.2.0 - 6.2.19 Spring Framework 6.1.0 - 6.1.28 Spring Framework 6.0.0 - 6.0.30 Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.49 Spring Framework 5.2.25.RELEASE and earlier
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- vmware
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-04T18:13:26.297Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a906badacd9273b49839abe
Added to database: 08/27/2026, 16:54:05 UTC
Last updated: 08/28/2026, 01:11:52 UTC
Views: 9
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