{"cve":"CVE-2016-9878","nvd":{"published":"2016-12-29T09:59:00.820","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:43.017","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in Pivotal Spring Framework before 3.2.18, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, and 4.3.x before 4.3.5. Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized and as a result exposed to directory traversal attacks.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95072","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040698"],"products":["pivotal_software:spring_framework","vmware:spring_framework"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:25.729257544+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-9878","score":0.04907,"percentile":0.92105,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9w","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2m8h-fgr8-2q9w","summary":"Pivotal Spring Framework Paths provided to the ResourceServlet were not properly sanitized","modified":"2024-03-05T18:01:31.558864Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework:spring-webmvc","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework/spring-webmvc","ranges":["<3.2.18"],"fixed":["3.2.18"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework:spring-webmvc","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework/spring-webmvc","ranges":[">=4.2.0 <4.2.9"],"fixed":["4.2.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework:spring-webmvc","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework/spring-webmvc","ranges":[">=4.3.0 <4.3.5"],"fixed":["4.3.5"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}