CVE-2022-22978 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability affecting Spring Security versions prior to 5.4.11+, 5.5.7+, and 5.6.4+, as well as older unsupported versions, specifically when RegexRequestMatcher is used with a '.' in the regular expression. This flaw allows attackers to bypass security controls on certain servlet containers, impacting products like NetApp, Oracle, and VMware that integrate Spring Security. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness within security circles.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.8.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.8.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.