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CVE-2022-22965 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166713/Spring4Shell-Code-Execution.html CVE, VMware Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167011/Spring4Shell-Spring-Framework-Class-Property-Remote-Code-Execution.html CVE, VMware Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254054.pdf CVE, VMware Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0005 CVE, VMware Third Party Advisory 
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22965 CVE, VMware Mitigation  Vendor Advisory 
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-java-spring-rce-Zx9GUc67 CVE, VMware Third Party Advisory 
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970766 CVE US Government Resource 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html CVE, VMware Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html CVE, VMware Patch  Third Party Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Spring Framework JDK 9+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 04/04/2022 04/25/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST   VMware  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-22965
NVD Published Date:
04/01/2022
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
VMware