CVE-2022-22978 (GCVE-0-2022-22978)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-19 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-863 - improper authorization
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Spring Security |
Affected:
Spring security versions 5.4.x prior to 5.4.11+,5.5.x prior to 5.5.7+,5.6.x prior to 5.6.4+ and all earlier unsupported versions
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