CVE-2022-22965
Published:April 01, 2022
Updated:May 14, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
org.springframework:spring-webflux (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.3.0 <5.3.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.3.18org.springframework:spring-beans (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0-m4 <5.2.20.RELEASEFix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.20.RELEASEorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0.M1 <2.5.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.12org.springframework:spring-beans (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.3.0 <5.3.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.3.18org.springframework:spring-webflux (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0.M5 <5.2.20.RELEASEFix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.20.RELEASEorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=0.5.0.M1 <2.5.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.12org.springframework:spring-webmvc (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.3.0 <5.3.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.3.18org.springframework:spring-webmvc (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0-rc1 <5.2.20.RELEASEFix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.20.RELEASEorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.6.0 <2.6.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.6.6org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.6.0 <2.6.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.6.6Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
ATTACKED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
94.43