High severity · published May 30, 2025
CVE-2025-41235
CVE-2025-41235: Spring Cloud Gateway Server Forwards Headers from Untrusted Proxies
8.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Spring Cloud Gateway Server forwards the X-Forwarded-For and Forwarded headers from untrusted proxies.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC · VMware
4.1.7 - 4.2.2, 4.3.0-{M1, M2, RC1} before 4.3.0, 4.2.3, 4.1.8 · source: vendor
SC
Spring cloud Gateway · VMware
2.2.10.RELEASE - 4.2.2, 4.3.0-{M1, M2, RC1} before 4.3.0, 4.2.3, 4.1.8, 4.0.12, 3.1.10 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41235
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41235
spring.io
https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41235
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