What happened
Starting Spring Boot applications in the Spring Tools with the live information mode enabled makes the running application vulnerable against JMX-based remote code execution. Affected Spring Products and Versions: Spring Tools for Eclipse: 5.2.0 and earlier Spring Tools for VSCode / Cursor / Theia: 2.2.0 and earlier
Affected versions
Spring Tools for Eclipse: 0 through 5.2.0 (custom); 0 through 2.2.0 (custom) Fixed: See vendor advisory.
Why it matters
Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.
Detection & mitigation
- Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
- Review affected product exposure and access logs.
Public PoC references
No public PoC reference has passed the current publication threshold.