`CVE-2022-22978` spring security

Affected software	spring security
Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`5.5.7`, `5.6.4`, `5.4.11`
Weakness	Incorrect authorization (CWE-863)
Published	19 May 2022
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

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.

CWE-285

Exploitation status

Proof of concept only

A proof of concept exists, but no reviewed exploit catalogue lists this CVE.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC 5 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in GitHub PoC; first seen 2022-05-31.
EPSS 12% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

2 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	CVE-2022-22978 Spring-Security bypass Demo	15	2022-05-31
GitHub PoC	PoC of CVE-2022-22978 vulnerability in Spring Security framework	13	2022-06-04
GitHub PoC	CVE-2022-22978 POC Project	5	2022-07-13
GitHub PoC	umakant76705/CVE-2022-22978	2	2023-03-01
GitHub PoC	CVE-2022-22978漏洞实例代码		2024-05-17

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Inferred
Record active

Decided by	The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding	This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework.security:spring-security-web), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

Decided by

The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

Finding

This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework.security:spring-security-web), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	7.5	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q2	Oracle Financial Services Applications / Base (Spring Security) (14.4-14.7)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q1	Oracle Communications Applications / Message Bus (Spring Security) (5.5.0-5.5.9, 6.0.0-6.0.1)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q4	Oracle Communications / Authentication (Spring Security) (9.0) Oracle Communications / Management (Spring Security) (9.1.1.2.0) Oracle Communications / Platform (Spring Security) (6.4) Oracle Communications / Signaling (Spring Security) (22.2.0) Oracle Utilities Applications / Tools (Spring Security) (6.0.0.1.3, 6.0.0.2.4, 6.0.0.3.3)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q3	Oracle Financial Services Applications / Studio (Spring Security) (8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q2

Oracle Financial Services Applications / Base (Spring Security) (14.4-14.7)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q1

Oracle Communications Applications / Message Bus (Spring Security) (5.5.0-5.5.9, 6.0.0-6.0.1)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q4

Oracle Communications / Authentication (Spring Security) (9.0)
Oracle Communications / Management (Spring Security) (9.1.1.2.0)
Oracle Communications / Platform (Spring Security) (6.4)
Oracle Communications / Signaling (Spring Security) (22.2.0)
Oracle Utilities Applications / Tools (Spring Security) (6.0.0.1.3, 6.0.0.2.4, 6.0.0.3.3)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q3

Oracle Financial Services Applications / Studio (Spring Security) (8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Communications	Authentication (Spring Security)	9.0	9.0
Oracle Communications	Management (Spring Security)	9.1.1.2.0	9.1.1.2.0
Oracle Communications	Platform (Spring Security)	6.4	6.4
Oracle Communications	Signaling (Spring Security)	22.2.0	22.2.0
Oracle Communications Applications	Message Bus (Spring Security)	5.5.0-5.5.9, 6.0.0-6.0.1
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Base (Spring Security)	14.4-14.7
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Studio (Spring Security)	8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0	8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0
Oracle Utilities Applications	Tools (Spring Security)	6.0.0.1.3, 6.0.0.2.4, 6.0.0.3.3	6.0.0.1.3 · 6.0.0.2.4 · 6.0.0.3.3

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.springframework.security:spring-security-core 5.5.0 5.5.7 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-core 5.6.0 5.6.4 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-core 0 5.4.11 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web 5.5.0 5.5.7 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web 5.6.0 5.6.4 unbounded

org.springframework.security:spring-security-web 0 5.4.11 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-core`	5.5.0	`5.5.7`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-core`	5.6.0	`5.6.4`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-core`	0	`5.4.11`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-web`	5.5.0	`5.5.7`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-web`	5.6.0	`5.6.4`	unbounded
`org.springframework.security:spring-security-web`	0	`5.4.11`	unbounded

Products and versions

5 products, 11 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	netapp	active iq unified manager	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.security	spring-security-core	generic	＜ 5.4.11 · ≥ 5.5.0 and ＜ 5.5.7 · ≥ 5.6.0 and ＜ 5.6.4
osv	org.springframework.security	spring-security-web	generic	＜ 5.4.11 · ≥ 5.5.0 and ＜ 5.5.7 · ≥ 5.6.0 and ＜ 5.6.4
nvd	vmware	spring security	generic	＜ 5.5.7 · ≥ 5.6.0 and ＜ 5.6.4

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

netapp

active iq unified manager

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.security

spring-security-core

generic

＜ 5.4.11 · ≥ 5.5.0 and ＜ 5.5.7 · ≥ 5.6.0 and ＜ 5.6.4

osv

org.springframework.security

spring-security-web

generic

＜ 5.4.11 · ≥ 5.5.0 and ＜ 5.5.7 · ≥ 5.6.0 and ＜ 5.6.4

nvd

vmware

spring security

generic

＜ 5.5.7 · ≥ 5.6.0 and ＜ 5.6.4

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/anchore/grype/issues/2158	WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security	PACKAGE
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/blob/main/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcher.java	WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003	WEB
https://spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978	WEB
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2022-05-19	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2022-05-19

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

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.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework.security:spring-security-web

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 decided it matched Mitigation candidate Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework.security:spring-security-web). 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 no match Severity is CRITICAL — only MEDIUM/LOW are deprioritized

24 no-exploit-published no match A CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, a CISA verdict of active exploitation, a reviewed exploit catalogue, or a GitHub PoC with 5 or more stars carries this CVE — exploit code is in use or published, so it stays a candidate

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_security tracked cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*

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