Exposed Spring Boot Actuator on the website of a Swiss association of doctors allowed an attacker to access sensitive data such as administrative user credentials
Swiss Health Sector
NTCF:
NTCF-2023-86323
Product:
Classified
Vendor:
Classified
Criticality:
high
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
2023-10-02: first contact to vendor
2023-11-08: reminder sent by email to vendor
2023-12-18: reminder sent by email to vendor
2024-02-07: private disclosure to vendor
2024-06-25: escalation to NCSC vulnerability management
2024-12-10: fix by vendor
2025-01-08: public disclosure