`CVE-2021-22112`

Affected software	8 products, listed below
Severity	8.8 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`5.4.4`, `5.3.8`, `5.2.9`
Weakness	Improper privilege management (CWE-269)
Published	23 Feb 2021
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

Spring Security 5.4.x prior to 5.4.4, 5.3.x prior to 5.3.8.RELEASE, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.9.RELEASE, and older unsupported versions can fail to save the SecurityContext if it is changed more than once in a single request.A malicious user cannot cause the bug to happen (it must be programmed in). However, if the application's intent is to only allow the user to run with elevated privileges in a small portion of the application, the bug can be leveraged to extend those privileges to the rest of the application.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 5 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 3.3% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

Protection none
Action not pursued
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

CVSS

8.8 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 9.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	8.8	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	9.0	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q4	Oracle Communications / Work Orders (Spring Security) (8.2.0.0-8.2.4.0) Oracle MySQL / Monitoring: General (Spring Security) (8.0.25 and prior)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q3	Oracle Communications Applications / REST API (Spring Security) (7.4.1) Oracle Insurance Applications / Architecture (Spring Security) (11.2.0, 11.3.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q2	Oracle Communications / Provision API (Spring Security) (6.3, 6.4) Oracle Hospitality Applications / Next-Gen SPMS (Spring Security) (20.1.0)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q4

Oracle Communications / Work Orders (Spring Security) (8.2.0.0-8.2.4.0)
Oracle MySQL / Monitoring: General (Spring Security) (8.0.25 and prior)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q3

Oracle Communications Applications / REST API (Spring Security) (7.4.1)
Oracle Insurance Applications / Architecture (Spring Security) (11.2.0, 11.3.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q2

Oracle Communications / Provision API (Spring Security) (6.3, 6.4)
Oracle Hospitality Applications / Next-Gen SPMS (Spring Security) (20.1.0)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Communications	Provision API (Spring Security)	6.3, 6.4	6.3 · 6.4
Oracle Communications	Work Orders (Spring Security)	8.2.0.0-8.2.4.0
Oracle Communications Applications	REST API (Spring Security)	7.4.1	7.4.1
Oracle Hospitality Applications	Next-Gen SPMS (Spring Security)	20.1.0	20.1.0
Oracle Insurance Applications	Architecture (Spring Security)	11.2.0, 11.3.0	11.2.0 · 11.3.0
Oracle MySQL	Monitoring: General (Spring Security)	8.0.25 and prior

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Communications

Provision API (Spring Security)

6.3, 6.4

6.3 · 6.4

Oracle Communications

Work Orders (Spring Security)

8.2.0.0-8.2.4.0

Oracle Communications Applications

REST API (Spring Security)

7.4.1

Oracle Hospitality Applications

Next-Gen SPMS (Spring Security)

20.1.0

Oracle Insurance Applications

Architecture (Spring Security)

11.2.0, 11.3.0

11.2.0 · 11.3.0

Oracle MySQL

Monitoring: General (Spring Security)

8.0.25 and prior

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom 5.4.0 5.4.4 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom 5.3.0 5.3.8 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom 0 5.2.9 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web 5.4.0 5.4.4 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web 5.3.0 5.3.8 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web 0 5.2.9 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom`	5.4.0	`5.4.4`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom`	5.3.0	`5.3.8`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-bom`	0	`5.2.9`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-web`	5.4.0	`5.4.4`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-web`	5.3.0	`5.3.8`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-web`	0	`5.2.9`	unbounded

Products and versions

10 products, 17 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	oracle	communications element manager	generic	≥ 8.2.0 and ≤ 8.2.4.0
nvd	oracle	communications interactive session recorder	generic	6.3 · 6.4
nvd	oracle	communications unified inventory management	generic	7.4.1
nvd	oracle	hospitality cruise shipboard property management system	generic	20.1.0
nvd	oracle	insurance policy administration	generic	11.2.0 · 11.3.0
nvd	oracle	mysql enterprise monitor	generic	≤ 8.0.25
osv	org.springframework.security	spring-security-bom	generic	＜ 5.2.9 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.8 · ≥ 5.4.0 and ＜ 5.4.4
osv	org.springframework.security	spring-security-web	generic	＜ 5.2.9 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.8 · ≥ 5.4.0 and ＜ 5.4.4
nvd	pivotal software	spring security	generic	＜ 5.2.9 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.8
nvd	vmware	spring security	generic	≥ 5.4.0 and ＜ 5.4.4

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

oracle

communications element manager

generic

≥ 8.2.0 and ≤ 8.2.4.0

nvd

oracle

communications interactive session recorder

generic

6.3 · 6.4

nvd

oracle

communications unified inventory management

generic

7.4.1

nvd

oracle

hospitality cruise shipboard property management system

generic

20.1.0

nvd

oracle

insurance policy administration

generic

11.2.0 · 11.3.0

nvd

oracle

mysql enterprise monitor

generic

≤ 8.0.25

osv

org.springframework.security

spring-security-bom

generic

＜ 5.2.9 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.8 · ≥ 5.4.0 and ＜ 5.4.4

osv

org.springframework.security

spring-security-web

generic

＜ 5.2.9 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.8 · ≥ 5.4.0 and ＜ 5.4.4

nvd

pivotal software

spring security

generic

＜ 5.2.9 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.8

nvd

vmware

spring security

generic

≥ 5.4.0 and ＜ 5.4.4

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Labels:** HTTP, NEXT-GEN SPMS (SPRING SECURITY), REST API (SPRING SECURITY), HTTPS, PROVISION API (SPRING SECURITY), MONITORING: GENERAL (SPRING SECURITY), ARCHITECTURE (SPRING SECURITY), WORK ORDERS (SPRING SECURITY) **Products:** ORACLE HOSPITALITY CRUISE SHIPBOARD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, JENKINS, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS INTERACTIVE SESSION RECORDER, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS UNIFIED INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, ORACLE HOSPITALITY APPLICATIONS, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS ELEMENT MANAGER, MYSQL ENTERPRISE MONITOR, ORACLE INSURANCE APPLICATIONS, ORACLE INSURANCE POLICY ADMINISTRATION, ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS, ORACLE MYSQL

References

URL	Tags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	WEB
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-02-19	WEB
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22112	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/redbd004a503b3520ae5746c2ab5e93fd7da807a8c128e60d2002cd9b@%3Cissues.nifi.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra6389b1b82108a3b6bbcd22979f7665fd437c2a3408c9509a15a9ca1@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra53677224fe4f04c2599abc88032076faa18dc84b329cdeba85d4cfc@%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r89aa1b48a827f5641310305214547f1d6b2101971a49b624737c497f@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r413e380088c427f56102968df89ef2f336473e1b56b7d4b3a571a378@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2021-02-23	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2021-02-23

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched No exploit published Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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