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CVE-2022-22965

Published: Apr 1, 2022Updated: Oct 30, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDU csafCWE-94
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
99.7%
Top 0.1%
CISA KEV
Active Exploitation
Since Apr 4, 2022
Exploits
3 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
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Description

A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding. The specific exploit requires the application to run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment. If the application is deployed as a Spring Boot executable jar, i.e. the default, it is not vulnerable to the exploit. However, the nature of the vulnerability is more general, and there may be other ways to exploit it.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

spring frameworkvmware
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
cx cloud agentcisco
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
communications cloud native core automated test suiteoracle
SaaSDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
communications cloud native core consoleoracle
On-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
communications cloud native core network exposure functionoracle
On-premWeb App
Communications / messaging-chat
vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
and 41 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added to KEV:Apr 4, 2022
Remediation due:Apr 25, 2022

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

3 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166713/Spring4Shell-Code-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167011/Spring4Shell-Spring-Framework-Class-Property-Remote-Code-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254054.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com
and 32 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Apr 1, 2022
Added to CISA KEV
Apr 4, 2022
Last Updated
Oct 30, 2025

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