CVE-2022-22978

In Spring Security versions 5.5.6 and 5.6.3 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

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978	Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security::::::::

Information

Published : 2022-05-19 15:15

Updated : 2022-07-25 18:20

NVD link : CVE-2022-22978

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22978

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

spring_security

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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