CVE-2022-22978

Published: May 19, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-863

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

In spring security versions prior to 5.4.11+, 5.5.7+ , 5.6.4+ and older unsupported versions, RegexRequestMatcher can easily be misconfigured to be bypassed on some servlet containers. Applications using RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression are possibly vulnerable to an authorization bypass.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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-863

Affected Products

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.springframework.security:spring-security-core

OSS Libraries

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web

OSS Libraries

Broadcom Inc.

commercial·USaka vmware by broadcom

Spring SecurityLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

vmware

commercial·USaka vmware inc

spring securityLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / web-framework

oracle

commercial·USaka oracle corp.

financial services crime and compliance management studioOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

netapp

commercial·US

active iq unified manager

Hardware Firmware

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

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References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978

tanzu.vmware.com

https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978

spring.io

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22978

nvd.nist.gov

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