CVE-2022-22968

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 5.67 % · percentile 93 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-04-14
Updated: 2026-10-08
Assigner: vmware
NVD status: Modified

Description

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.18, 5.2.0 - 5.2.20, and older unsupported versions, the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder are case sensitive which means a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including upper and lower case for the first character of all nested fields within the property path.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-178

Advisories

GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7 — Improper handling of case sensitivity in Spring Framework

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-1735
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-22968

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1291 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-0109 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2025-AVI-0896 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-952 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM QRadar · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-935 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle WebLogic Server · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-655 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle MySQL · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-626 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM i Modernization · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-539 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM DB2 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-344 — Vulnérabilité dans VMware Spring · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 5.2.0
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.2.0 ≤ 5.2.20
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.3.0 ≤ 5.3.18
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_secure_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:metrocluster_tiebreaker:-:*:*:*:*:clustered_data_ontap:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:oracle:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_enterprise_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≤ 8.0.29

Affected products

Product	Versions
Spring Framework	affected Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.18, 5.2.0 - 5.2.20, and older unsupported versions

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD