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Spring Security Misconfiguration: Lack of Fallback Check

Java/JSP

Abstract

Spring Security configuration lacks a fallback check to apply to unmatched requests.

Explanation

Spring Security uses an expression-based access control that lets developers define a set of checks that must be applied to every request. To determine if the access control must be applied to the request, Spring Security attempts to match the request with the request matcher defined for every security check. If the request matches, the access control is applied to the request. A special request matcher exists to always match against any requests: anyRequest(). Failing to define a fallback check that uses the anyRequest() matcher, might leave endpoints unprotected.

Example 1: The following code defines a Spring Security configuration that fails to define a fallback check:


	<http auto-config="true">
        <intercept-url pattern="/app/admin" access="ROLE_ADMIN" />
        <intercept-url pattern="/" access="permitAll" />
	</http>

In Example 1 above, current or future endpoints such as /admin/panel might be left unprotected.

References

[1] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 284

[2] Standards Mapping - DISA Control Correlation Identifier Version 2 CCI-000213, CCI-001084, CCI-002165

[3] Standards Mapping - FIPS200 AC

[4] Standards Mapping - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Access Violation

[5] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 AC-3 Access Enforcement (P1), SC-3 Security Function Isolation (P1)

[6] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 AC-3 Access Enforcement, SC-3 Security Function Isolation

[7] Standards Mapping - OWASP API 2023 API8 Security Misconfiguration

[8] Standards Mapping - OWASP Application Security Verification Standard 4.0 1.4.2 Access Control Architectural Requirements (L2 L3), 1.4.4 Access Control Architectural Requirements (L2 L3)

[9] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2014 M5 Poor Authorization and Authentication

[10] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 A2 Broken Access Control

[11] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2007 A4 Insecure Direct Object Reference

[12] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 A4 Insecure Direct Object References

[13] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2013 A5 Security Misconfiguration

[14] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A6 Security Misconfiguration

[15] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A05 Security Misconfiguration

[16] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 Requirement 6.5.2

[17] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.2 Requirement 6.5.4

[18] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 2.0 Requirement 6.5.8

[19] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.0 Requirement 6.5.8

[20] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.1 Requirement 6.5.8

[21] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2 Requirement 6.5.8

[22] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2.1 Requirement 6.5.8

[23] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0 Requirement 6.2.4

[24] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0.1 Requirement 6.2.4

[25] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.0 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control

[26] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.1 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control

[27] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.2 Control Objective 5.4 - Authentication and Access Control, Control Objective C.2.3 - Web Software Access Controls

[28] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2011 Risky Resource Management - CWE ID 676

[29] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.1 APP3510 CAT I

[30] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.4 APP3510 CAT I

[31] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.5 APP3510 CAT I

[32] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.6 APP3510 CAT I

[33] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.7 APP3510 CAT I

[34] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.9 APP3510 CAT I

[35] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.10 APP3510 CAT I

[36] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.2 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[37] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.3 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[38] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.4 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[39] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.5 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[40] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.6 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[41] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.7 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[42] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.8 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[43] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.9 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[44] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.10 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[45] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.11 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[46] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[47] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[48] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.2 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[49] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.3 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[50] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.1 APSC-DV-000460 CAT I, APSC-DV-000470 CAT II, APSC-DV-002360 CAT II

[51] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium Version 2.00 Insufficient Authorization (WASC-02)

[52] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium 24 + 2 Insufficient Authorization

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