CVE-2022-22978
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 12.4% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 12.4% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 12.35% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-863 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2022-05-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| netapp | active iq unified manager |
| oracle | financial services crime and compliance management studio |
| vmware | spring security |
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