Exposed Spring Boot Actuator in a web application of a Swiss insurance company allowed an attacker to access sensitive data
Swiss Health Sector
NTCF:
NTCF-2023-13138
Product:
Classified
Vendor:
Classified
Criticality:
medium
Status:
fixed
Discovered:
2023-10-02
Detail:
Classified
Description
In accordance with the NTC Vulnerability Disclosure Policy, the details of this vulnerability will not be publicly disclosed.
Neither the product and vendor name nor a detailed description of the vulnerability will be publicly released if all of the following conditions are met:
- the vendor fixes the vulnerability without requiring any action by the affected parties (e.g. a cloud service where the user is not required to install patches)
- there is no indication that the vulnerability has been exploited (e.g. in the log files)
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Timeline
2023-10-02: initial discovery
2023-10-03: first contact to vendor
2023-11-09: private disclosure to vendor
2023-11-16: fix by vendor
2024-06-20: public disclosure