🛡️ CVE-2022-22965 — access-appliance
Description
Remote Code Execution in Spring Framework
Spring Framework prior to versions 5.2.20 and 5.3.18 contains a remote code execution vulnerability known as Spring4Shell.
Impact
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.
These are the prerequisites for the exploit:
- JDK 9 or higher
- Apache Tomcat as the Servlet container
- Packaged as WAR
spring-webmvcorspring-webfluxdependency
Patches
- Spring Framework [5.3.18](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.3.18) and [5.2.20](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.2.20.RELEASE)
- Spring Boot [2.6.6](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.6.6) and [2.5.12](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.5.12)
Workarounds
For those who are unable to upgrade, leaked reports recommend setting disallowedFields on WebDataBinder through an @ControllerAdvice. This works generally, but as a centrally applied workaround fix, may leave some loopholes, in particular if a controller sets disallowedFields locally through its own @InitBinder method, which overrides the global setting.
To apply the workaround in a more fail-safe way, applications could extend RequestMappingHandlerAdapter to update the WebDataBinder at the end after all other initialization. In order to do that, a Spring Boot application can declare a WebMvcRegistrations bean (Spring MVC) or a WebFluxRegistrations bean (Spring WebFlux).
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Weakness class
CVE-2022-22965 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.
Affected software
CVE-2022-22965 is recorded against 43 packages.
- access-appliance
- commerce-platform
- communications-cloud-native-core-automated-test-suite
- communications-cloud-native-core-binding-support-function
- communications-cloud-native-core-console
- communications-cloud-native-core-network-exposure-function
- communications-cloud-native-core-network-function-cloud-native-environment
- communications-cloud-native-core-network-repository-function
- communications-cloud-native-core-network-slice-selection-function
- communications-cloud-native-core-policy
- communications-cloud-native-core-security-edge-protection-proxy
- communications-cloud-native-core-unified-data-repository
- communications-policy-management
- communications-unified-inventory-management
- cx-cloud-agent (fixed in 2.1.0)
- financial-services-analytical-applications-infrastructure
- financial-services-behavior-detection-platform
- financial-services-enterprise-case-management
- flex-appliance
- mysql-enterprise-monitor (fixed in 8.0.29)
- netbackup-appliance
- netbackup-flex-scale-appliance
- netbackup-virtual-appliance
- operation-scheduler (fixed in 2.0.4)
Show the remaining 19 packages
- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web (from 2.6.0 up to 2.6.6)
- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux (from 2.6.0 up to 2.6.6)
- org.springframework:spring-beans (from 5.3.0 up to 5.3.18)
- org.springframework:spring-webflux (from 5.3.0 up to 5.3.18)
- org.springframework:spring-webmvc (from 5.3.0 up to 5.3.18)
- product-lifecycle-analytics
- retail-bulk-data-integration
- retail-customer-management-and-segmentation-foundation
- retail-financial-integration
- retail-integration-bus
- retail-merchandising-system
- retail-xstore-point-of-service
- sd-wan-edge
- simatic-speech-assistant-for-machines (fixed in 1.2.1)
- sinec-network-management-system (fixed in 1.0.3)
- sipass-integrated
- siveillance-identity
- spring-framework (from 5.3.0 up to 5.3.18)
- weblogic-server
Timeline and source
Published on 1 April 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.
References
packetstormsecurity.com
packetstormsecurity.com
cert-portal.siemens.com
psirt.global.sonicwall.com
tanzu.vmware.com
tools.cisco.com
www.oracle.com
www.oracle.com
packetstormsecurity.com
packetstormsecurity.com
cert-portal.siemens.com
psirt.global.sonicwall.com
tanzu.vmware.com
tools.cisco.com
www.kb.cert.org
www.oracle.com
www.oracle.com
www.cisa.gov
Other advisories for this package
access-appliance has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
- CVE-2022-46414 (9.8 Critical, published 4 Dec 2022)
- CVE-2022-46413 (8.8 High, published 4 Dec 2022)
- CVE-2022-46411 (8.8 High, published 4 Dec 2022)
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-94: Code Injection) in other software:
- CVE-2025-13146 (6.5 Medium, published 22 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2024-56373 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2025-14287 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2022-29216 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2023-33733 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2024-4181 (8.8 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2024-48061 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Jul 2026)
- CVE-2024-3924 (4.4 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
CVE-2022-22965 on other distributions
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| access-appliance | — | — |
| commerce-platform | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-automated-test-suite | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-binding-support-function | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-console | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-network-exposure-function | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-network-function-cloud-native-environment | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-network-repository-function | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-network-slice-selection-function | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-policy | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-security-edge-protection-proxy | — | — |
| communications-cloud-native-core-unified-data-repository | — | — |
| communications-policy-management | — | — |
| communications-unified-inventory-management | — | — |
| cx-cloud-agent | — | 2.1.0 |
| financial-services-analytical-applications-infrastructure | — | — |
| financial-services-behavior-detection-platform | — | — |
| financial-services-enterprise-case-management | — | — |
| flex-appliance | — | — |
| mysql-enterprise-monitor | — | 8.0.29 |
| netbackup-appliance | — | — |
| netbackup-flex-scale-appliance | — | — |
| netbackup-virtual-appliance | — | — |
| operation-scheduler | — | 2.0.4 |
| org.springframework:spring-beans | 5.3.0 | 5.3.18 |
| org.springframework:spring-webflux | 5.3.0 | 5.3.18 |
| org.springframework:spring-webmvc | 5.3.0 | 5.3.18 |
| org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web | 2.6.0 | 2.6.6 |
| org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux | 2.6.0 | 2.6.6 |
| product-lifecycle-analytics | — | — |
| retail-bulk-data-integration | — | — |
| retail-customer-management-and-segmentation-foundation | — | — |
| retail-financial-integration | — | — |
| retail-integration-bus | — | — |
| retail-merchandising-system | — | — |
| retail-xstore-point-of-service | — | — |
| sd-wan-edge | — | — |
| simatic-speech-assistant-for-machines | — | 1.2.1 |
| sinec-network-management-system | — | 1.0.3 |
| sipass-integrated | — | — |
| siveillance-identity | — | — |
| spring-framework | 5.3.0 | 5.3.18 |
| weblogic-server | — | — |
References
Similar Threats
- High CVE-2022-46411
- High CVE-2022-46413
- Critical CVE-2022-46414
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