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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-22978
Apache Spring Security RegexRequestMatcher Authorization Bypass
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 19, 2022, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-22978 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware spring_security
2 Vmware springsource_spring_security
1 Netapp active_iq_unified_manager
1 Oracle financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 4
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
This addresses a vulnerability in Spring Security that could allow for authorization bypass.
  • Upgrade Spring Security to version 5.5.7, 5.6.4, or later.
  • Apply the appropriate vendor patch or update.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-22978 has a 70 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-22978.

URL Resource
https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978
https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-22978 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-22978 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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zhanpengliu-tencent/medium-cve

None

Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago
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Born at : Aug. 15, 2025, 9:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 310 different CVEs too.
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bd-org-demo/java-sec-code

None

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Updated: 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 29, 2025, 5:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Agilevatester/SpringSecurityV1

OSS - Spring Security Vulnerability Reachability Evaluation

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Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 1, 2025, 6:06 p.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.
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Agilevatester/SpringSecurity

None

Java Python JavaScript HTML CSS Dockerfile

Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2025, 1:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.
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Xx-otaku/SpringScan

None

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Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 11, 2025, 7:35 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.
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he-ewo/CVE-2022-22978

None

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 6, 2025, 2:17 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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hareeshvp/HVP_Java_Sec_Code

Java web common vulnerabilities and security code which is base on springboot and spring security

Java CSS HTML

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 4, 2025, 12:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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t3mp3st19/java-sec-code

None

Java CSS HTML

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2025, 8:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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vdctrung/java-sec-code

Java web common vulnerabilities and security code which is base on springboot and spring security

Java CSS HTML

Updated: 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2025, 2:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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plzheheplztrying/cve_monitor

None

HTML Python Shell

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 13, 2025, 8:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 891 different CVEs too.
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DanEllisHub/java-sec-code-clone

None

Java CSS HTML

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 15, 2025, 7:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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apurvashrikant/test1

None

Java

Updated: 5 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 9, 2024, 12:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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XiaomingX/awesome-poc-for-red-team

A curated collection of Proof of Concept (PoC) tools, scripts, and techniques designed for red team operations, penetration testing, and cybersecurity research. This repository focuses on providing practical resources for exploring vulnerabilities

attack cybersecurity exp hw penetration-testing poc red-team security-tools vulnerability-poc

Updated: 7 months ago
5 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Nov. 17, 2024, 11:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 414 different CVEs too.
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apurvashrikant/Test

None

Java CSS HTML

Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 8, 2024, 8:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Feigoss/test

None

CodeQL Java Shell Hack Go

Updated: 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 23, 2024, 2:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-22978 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-22978 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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 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.
    Removed Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/ [Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978 [Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE VMware CWE-285
    Added CWE VMware CWE-863
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-285 / Outside of 1003
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (including) 5.5.6 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.6.0 up to (including) 5.6.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.5.7 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.6.0 up to (excluding) 5.6.4
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978 No Types Assigned https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-863
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (including) 5.5.6 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.6.0 up to (including) 5.6.3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description In Spring Security versions 5.5.6 and 5.5.7 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. 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
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

90.79 }} 0.07%

score

0.99603

percentile