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CVE-2017-8046

88
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8046 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 and 3.0.1, and Spring Boot versions prior to 1.5.9 and 2.0 M6. Attackers can exploit this by sending specially crafted JSON data within malicious PATCH requests. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary Java code, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code is publicly available via Nuclei templates and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:2.0.0:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2017-8046 · May 31, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-44289 · Mar 15, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7436 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-coreFixed in: 2.6.9.RELEASE
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-coreFixed in: 3.0.1.RELEASE
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse Intergration Services 2.0 based on Fuse 6.3 R7Fixed in: spring-boot
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-9qf9-28h9-hqcjcritical

Remote code execution in PATCH requests in Spring Data REST

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-8046Critical

spring-boot: Malicious PATCH requests submitted to servers can use specially crafted JSON data to run arbitrary Java code

Mar 6, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2405
pivotal.io / security/cve-2017-8046
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44289
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/100948
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry