9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-46166
Spring Boot Admins integrated notifier support allows arbitrary code execution
Description

Spring boot admins is an open source administrative user interface for management of spring boot applications. All users who run Spring Boot Admin Server, having enabled Notifiers (e.g. Teams-Notifier) and write access to environment variables via UI are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent releases of Spring Boot Admin 2.6.10 and 2.7.8 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable any notifier or disable write access (POST request) on `/env` actuator endpoint.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 9, 2022, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-46166 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 Codecentric spring_boot_admin
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 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-46166 has a 3 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-2022-46166.

URL Resource
https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 Mitigation Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-46166 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-2022-46166 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).

None

Java JavaScript Vue Dockerfile SCSS HTML CSS

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 17, 2025, 7:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2022-46166 靶场环境

Java

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 10, 2023, 9:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Java

Updated: 4 months ago
18 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 15, 2023, 2:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 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-2022-46166 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-46166 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://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75
    Added Reference https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Spring boot admins is an open source administrative user interface for management of spring boot applications. All users who run Spring Boot Admin Server, having enabled Notifiers (e.g. Teams-Notifier) and write access to environment variables via UI are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent releases of Spring Boot Admin 2.6.10 and 2.7.8 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable any notifier or disable write access (POST request) on `/env` actuator endpoint. Spring boot admins is an open source administrative user interface for management of spring boot applications. All users who run Spring Boot Admin Server, having enabled Notifiers (e.g. Teams-Notifier) and write access to environment variables via UI are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent releases of Spring Boot Admin 2.6.10 and 2.7.8 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable any notifier or disable write access (POST request) on `/env` actuator endpoint.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    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://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75 No Types Assigned https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.10 *cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.7.0 up to (excluding) 2.7.8 *cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
Exploit Prediction

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

39.01 }} 2.75%

score

0.97194

percentile