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CVE-2022-22980

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22980 is a critical SpEL Injection vulnerability affecting Spring Data MongoDB applications that utilize @Query or @Aggregation-annotated query methods with unsanitized SpEL expressions containing query parameter placeholders. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, its high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score indicate a significant potential for future exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for many vulnerabilities.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_mongodb:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1677 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodbFixed in: 3.4.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodbFixed in: 3.3.5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: spring-data-mongodb

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-w24x-87mr-4r23critical

SpEL Injection in Spring Data MongoDB

Jun 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-22980Moderate

MongoDB: SpEL in query methods allow code injection

Jun 20, 2022

References

tanzu.vmware.com / security/cve-2022-22980
MitigationVendor Advisory