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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2f
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2f
Aliases CVE-2022-22978
Summary Authorization bypass in Spring Security In Spring Security versions 5.5.6 and 5.5.7 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2f/GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2f.json
generic_textual CRITICAL
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/anchore/grype/issues/2158
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/blob/main/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcher.java
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003
cpujul2022.html Other https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
CVE-2022-22978 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22978
CVE-2022-22978 https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978
CVE-2022-22978 https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2f/GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2f.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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