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CVE-2022-22978

In spring security versions prior to 5.4.11+, 5.5.7+ , 5.6.4+ and older unsupported versions, RegexRequestMatcher can ea

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.90224
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
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Affected Products & Versions

4
vmware spring security< 5.5.7
vmware spring security>= 5.6.0 and < 5.6.4
oracle financial services crime and compliance management studioall versions
netapp active iq unified managerall versions
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core CRITICAL fixed in 5.5.7
Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web CRITICAL fixed in 5.5.7
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · security@vmware.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD19 May 2022 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

3
rhsaRHSA-2023:3299Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2022:5532Important
oracle-cpuoracle-cpu-Oracle-Banking-Corporate-Lending-Process-Management-13701--CVE-2022-22978
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978
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