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CVE-2022-22978
published 2022-05-19

CVE-2022-22978: 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…

PriorityP261critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
10.04%
95.1th percentile
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.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
oraclefinancial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio
oraclefinancial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio
vmwarespring_security< 5.5.75.5.7
vmwarespring_security
vmwarespring_security>= 5.6.0 < 5.6.45.6.4

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Applications using RegexRequestMatcher with '.' in the regular expression are vulnerable to authorization bypass — audit all RegexRequestMatcher configurations for unescaped '.' patterns
  • The bypass is servlet-container-dependent — test against all servlet containers in use, as misconfiguration of RegexRequestMatcher can be trivially exploited remotely over HTTP/HTTPS
  • ·Affected Spring Security versions are prior to 5.4.11, 5.5.7, and 5.6.4; older unsupported versions are also vulnerable
  • ·Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 (jenkins package) is confirmed affected; multiple other Red Hat products are not affected or out of support scope
  • ·Red Hat Decision Manager 7 and Red Hat Process Automation 7 have fixes deferred — treat as unpatched in those environments

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_oracle9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
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