`CVE-2022-22970` spring framework

Affected software	spring framework
Severity	5.3 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`5.2.22.RELEASE`, `5.3.20`
Weakness	CWE-770
Published	12 May 2022
Updated	8 Oct 2026

Description

In spring framework versions prior to 5.3.20+ , 5.2.22+ and old unsupported versions, applications that handle file uploads are vulnerable to DoS attack if they rely on data binding to set a MultipartFile or javax.servlet.Part to a field in a model object.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 2.0% 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.

A public code fix exists: spring-projects/spring-framework 50177b1.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Upstream data
Record active

Decided by	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
Finding	This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Decided by

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

Finding

This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

CVSS

5.3 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 3.5 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	5.3	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	3.5	none	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2024 ↗	CPU	2024-Q3	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Third Party (Spring Framework) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q3	Oracle Enterprise Manager / Infrastructure Management (Spring Framework) (13.5.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q2	Oracle Financial Services Applications / Base (Spring Framework) (14.4-14.7) Oracle Retail Applications / Security (Spring Framework) (14.2) Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Spring Framework) (17.0.6, 18.0.5, 19.0.4, 20.0.3, 21.0.2)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q1	Oracle Communications / Signaling (Spring Framework) (1.11.0)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2024 ↗

CPU

2024-Q3

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Third Party (Spring Framework) (12.2.1.4.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q3

Oracle Enterprise Manager / Infrastructure Management (Spring Framework) (13.5.0.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q2

Oracle Financial Services Applications / Base (Spring Framework) (14.4-14.7)
Oracle Retail Applications / Security (Spring Framework) (14.2)
Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Spring Framework) (17.0.6, 18.0.5, 19.0.4, 20.0.3, 21.0.2)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q1

Oracle Communications / Signaling (Spring Framework) (1.11.0)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Communications	Signaling (Spring Framework)	1.11.0	1.11.0
Oracle Enterprise Manager	Infrastructure Management (Spring Framework)	13.5.0.0	13.5.0.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Base (Spring Framework)	14.4-14.7
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Third Party (Spring Framework)	12.2.1.4.0	12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Retail Applications	Security (Spring Framework)	14.2	14.2
Oracle Retail Applications	Xenvironment (Spring Framework)	17.0.6, 18.0.5, 19.0.4, 20.0.3, 21.0.2	17.0.6 · 18.0.5 · 19.0.4 · 20.0.3 · 21.0.2

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.springframework:spring-beans 0 5.2.22.RELEASE unbounded

org.springframework:spring-beans 5.3.0 5.3.20 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.springframework:spring-beans`	0	`5.2.22.RELEASE`	unbounded
`org.springframework:spring-beans`	5.3.0	`5.3.20`	unbounded

Products and versions

7 products, 10 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	netapp	active iq unified manager	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	brocade san navigator	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	cloud secure agent	generic	any version
nvd	netapp	oncommand insight	generic	any version
nvd	oracle	financial services crime and compliance management studio	generic	8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0
osv	org.springframework	spring-beans	generic	＜ 5.2.22 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.20
nvd	vmware	spring framework	generic	≤ 5.2.21 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ≤ 5.3.19

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

netapp

active iq unified manager

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

brocade san navigator

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

cloud secure agent

generic

any version

nvd

netapp

oncommand insight

generic

any version

nvd

oracle

financial services crime and compliance management studio

generic

8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0

osv

org.springframework

spring-beans

generic

＜ 5.2.22 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ＜ 5.3.20

nvd

vmware

spring framework

generic

≤ 5.2.21 · ≥ 5.3.0 and ≤ 5.3.19

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/50177b1ad3485bd44239b1756f6c14607476fcf2	WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/83186b689f11f5e6efe7ccc08fdeb92f66fcd583	WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework	PACKAGE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220616-0006	WEB
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22970	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html	WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220616-0006/	Third Party Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2022-05-12	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-10-08	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2022-05-12

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-10-08

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

How VRT decided (17 of 24 rules ran)

17 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 no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match 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 no match 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 matched In scope Maven packages: org.springframework:spring-beans

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 no match A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven matched Mitigation candidate Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.springframework:spring-beans). The source is public, which makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate; nothing here establishes that one can be written.

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped 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 no match A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped 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 withheld CVE ships in Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2024, Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023, Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023, Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 (CPU) — Oracle treats it as urgent, so severity does not settle it

24 no-exploit-published decided it matched No exploit published No exploit code has been published, and an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds.

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

vmware spring_framework tracked cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

netapp active_iq_unified_manager not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

netapp brocade_san_navigator not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:brocade_san_navigator:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp cloud_secure_agent not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_secure_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

netapp oncommand_insight not tracked cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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