CVE-2024-38816

HIGHNVD 7.59.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 94% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.1% of all CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 7.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction ≥85%
Sources: epss, nvd
Elevated
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 15%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable when both of the following are true:

* the web application uses RouterFunctions to serve static resources * resource handling is explicitly configured with a FileSystemResource location

However, malicious requests are blocked and rejected when any of the following is true:

* the Spring Security HTTP Firewall https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/servlet/exploits/firewall.html  is in use * the application runs on Tomcat or Jetty

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.0(high)
EPSS
96.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 13, 2024

Last Modified

April 15, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-38816(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatorg.springframework/spring-webmvc2024-12-12redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
org.springframework:spring-webflux5.3.0 ... 5.3.9 (40 versions)——
org.springframework:spring-webmvc5.3.0 ... 5.3.9 (40 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-11 02:22 UTCOSV refresh
  4. 2026-07-09 19:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-08 15:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-08 15:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-07 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-04 06:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-01 15:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-30 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-06-29 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-28 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-06-27 03:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-27 03:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-22 09:32 UTCOSV refresh
  4. 2026-06-21 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-21 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-18 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-17 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-15 17:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-11 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-08 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-05 06:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-05 06:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-04 12:09 UTCOSV refresh
  22. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-05-21 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-05-21 23:31 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCWULINPIN/CVE-2024-38816-PoC
    First seen Sep 28, 2024

    CVE-2024-38816 Proof of Concept

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCstartsw1th/cve-2024-38816-demo
    First seen Sep 20, 2024
    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2024/CVE-2024-38816.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2024

    WebMvc.fn/WebFlux.fn - Path Traversal

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-38816?
CVE-2024-38816 is a high vulnerability published on September 13, 2024. 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…
When was CVE-2024-38816 disclosed?
CVE-2024-38816 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 13, 2024, with the most recent update on April 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-38816 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-38816 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-38816?
CVE-2024-38816 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
How do I remediate CVE-2024-38816?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-38816, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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