Sigma rule: Potential SpEL Injection In Spring Framework

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-58caa3db5271, updated 2023-02-11T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Potential SpEL Injection In Spring Framework
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Moti Harmats
Date: 2023-02-11
File: rules/application/spring/spring_spel_injection.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects potential SpEL Injection exploitation, which may lead to RCE.

Log source

product: spring
category: application
definition: Requirements: application error logs must be collected (with LOG_LEVEL=ERROR and above)

Detection

keywords:
    - 'org.springframework.expression.ExpressionException'
condition: keywords

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Application bugs

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1190

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/spring/spring_spel_injection.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Potential SpEL Injection In Spring Framework" by Moti Harmats (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/spring/spring_spel_injection.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential SpEL Injection In Spring Framework",
entity page, dataset version ref-58caa3db5271, updated 2023-02-11T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/e9edd087-89d8-48c9-b0b4-5b9bb10896b8 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule e9edd087-89d8-48c9-b0b4-5b9bb10896b8, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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