[NIFI-8704] Upgrade Spring Framework to 5.3.8

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.14.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.14.0
• Component/s: Core Framework
• Assignee: David Handermann
• Reporter: David Handermann
• Created: 15/Jun/21 13:40
• Updated: 23/Jun/21 02:31
• Resolved: 15/Jun/21 18:06

Description

Spring Framework 5.3.8 includes a number of improvements and bug fixes over version 5.3.6.

Although NiFi does not use WebFlux and is not impacted, CVE-2021-22118 is associated with Spring Framework versions prior to 5.3.7.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5160