Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-22965

RCE CISA KEV Active

Title: Remote Code Execution in Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux via data binding

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2022-22965

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Apr 01, 2022
Modified Date Oct 30, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
94.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-22965: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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vmware 2
S
siemens 5
S
symantec 1
H
hp 1
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veritas 5
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springsource 1
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cisco 1
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bea 1
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sun 1
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oracle 27

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166713/Spring4Shell-Code-Execution.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167011/Spring4Shell-Spring-Framework-Class-Property-Remote-Code-Execution.html https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254054.pdf https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0005 https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22965 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-java-spring-rce-Zx9GUc67 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166713/Spring4Shell-Code-Execution.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167011/Spring4Shell-Spring-Framework-Class-Property-Remote-Code-Execution.html https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254054.pdf https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0005 https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22965 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-java-spring-rce-Zx9GUc67 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970766 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22965
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-22965 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/AabyssZG/SpringBoot-Scan
View Code
GitHub https://github.com/BobTheShoplifter/Spring4Shell-POC
View Code
GitHub https://github.com/reznok/Spring4Shell-POC
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.