CVE-2022-22978

highpriority · attend · 53OT risk · highEPSS 0.124 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

7 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

12.4% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

30 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimaryCWE-285USCWE-285USCWE-863USCWE-863US

exploits (7)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

DeEpinGh0st/CVE-2022-22978CVE-2022-22978 Spring-Security bypass DemoPoC · poc_in_github
Raghvendra1207/CVE-2022-22978Raghvendra1207/CVE-2022-22978PoC · poc_in_github
aeifkz/CVE-2022-22978CVE-2022-22978 POC ProjectPoC · poc_in_github
ducluongtran9121/CVE-2022-22978-PoCPoC of CVE-2022-22978 vulnerability in Spring Security frameworkPoC · poc_in_github
he-ewo/CVE-2022-22978he-ewo/CVE-2022-22978PoC · poc_in_github
umakant76705/CVE-2022-22978umakant76705/CVE-2022-22978PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Atlassian Bamboo≤ Data Center <10.2.20cert_bundDE
Atlassian Bamboo≤ Data Center <12.1.8cert_bundDE
Atlassian Bitbucket≤ Data Center <10.3.1cert_bundDE
Atlassian Bitbucket≤ Data Center <10.2.4cert_bundDE
Atlassian Bitbucket≤ Data Center <9.4.21cert_bundDE
Atlassian Confluence≤ Data Center <10.2.13cert_bundDE
Atlassian Confluence≤ Data Center <9.2.21cert_bundDE
Atlassian Crucible< 4.9.11cert_bundDE
Atlassian Fisheye< 4.9.11cert_bundDE
Atlassian Jira≤ Data Center <11.3.7cert_bundDE
Atlassian Jira≤ Data Center <10.3.22cert_bundDE
Atlassian Jira≤ Service Management Data Center and Server <10.3.22cert_bundDE
Atlassian Jira≤ Service Management Data Center and Server <11.3.7cert_bundDE
Dell Secure Connect Gateway< 5.36.00.16cert_bundDE
n/a Spring Security≤ 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 versionsenisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. Spring Security≤ 5.5.7fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. Spring Security5.6.0 → 5.6.4fstec_bduRU
netapp active iq unified managerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (6)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0607Red Hat FUSE: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-07-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat FUSE ausnutzen, um vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten und Informationen zu manipulieren und seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
WID-SEC-W-2023-0138Oracle Communications Applications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Communications Applications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1017Oracle Financial Services Applications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-04-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Financial Services Applications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0794Dell ECS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell ECS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2026-1955Atlassian Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible, Jira und Jira Service Management: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-06-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Atlassian Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible, Jira und Jira Service Management ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, erweiterte Berechtigungen zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.
GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2fAuthorization bypass in Spring Security2022-05-20ghsa · osvUS
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.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-05-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (11)

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