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CVE-2021-22113

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-22113 describes a security bypass vulnerability in Spring Cloud Netflix Zuul versions 2.2.6.RELEASE and below, specifically impacting applications utilizing its "Sensitive Headers" functionality. An attacker could bypass header restrictions using specially crafted URLs, potentially leading to information disclosure or unauthorized access. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) with a network attack vector and low complexity, but its impact is limited to integrity and availability, with no confidentiality impact. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, organizations using affected versions should consider mitigation, especially if not employing Spring Security's StrictHttpFirewall.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_netflix_zuul:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-netflix-zuulFixed in: 2.2.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-vwpg-f6gw-rjvfmedium

Incorrect Authorization in Spring Cloud Netflix Zuul

May 10, 2021

References

tanzu.vmware.com / security/cve-2021-22113
Vendor Advisory