`CVE-2022-33980` Apache Commons Configuration

Affected software	Apache Commons Configuration
Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`2.8.0`
Weakness	CWE-74
Published	6 Jul 2022
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

Apache Commons Configuration performs variable interpolation, allowing properties to be dynamically evaluated and expanded. The standard format for interpolation is "${prefix:name}", where "prefix" is used to locate an instance of org.apache.commons.configuration2.interpol.Lookup that performs the interpolation. Starting with version 2.4 and continuing through 2.7, the set of default Lookup instances included interpolators that could result in arbitrary code execution or contact with remote servers. These lookups are: - "script" - execute expressions using the JVM script execution engine (javax.script) - "dns" - resolve dns records - "url" - load values from urls, including from remote servers Applications using the interpolation defaults in the affected versions may be vulnerable to remote code execution or unintentional contact with remote servers if untrusted configuration values are used. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Commons Configuration 2.8.0, which disables the problematic interpolators by default.

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 4 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in GitHub PoC; first seen 2022-07-08.
EPSS 45% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

1 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-2022-33980 Apache Commons Configuration 远程命令执行漏洞	43	2022-07-08
GitHub PoC	CVE	30	2022-08-10
GitHub PoC	POC for CVE-2022-33980 (Apache Commons Configuration RCE vulnerability)	5	2022-10-17
GitHub PoC	text4shell script for text coomons < =1.10 CVE-2022-33980	1	2023-07-18

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.apache.commons:commons-configuration2), 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.apache.commons:commons-configuration2), 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 October 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q4	Oracle Analytics / Content Storage Service (Apache Commons Configuration) (6.4.0.0.0, 7.0.0.0.0) Oracle Financial Services Applications / UI (Apache Commons Configuration) (2.7)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q3	Oracle Analytics / Presentation Services (Apache Commons Configuration) (6.4.0.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q2	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Third Party (Apache Commons Configuration) (12.2.1.4.0) Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Apache Commons Configuration) (18.0.5, 19.0.4, 20.0.3, 21.0.2)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q1	Oracle Communications Applications / Cloud native deployment (Apache Commons Configuration) (12.0.0.5.0-12.0.0.7.0) Oracle Financial Services Applications / Collections (Apache Commons Configuration) (2.7.0) Oracle Financial Services Applications / Studio (Apache Commons Configuration) (8.0.8.3.1) Oracle Financial Services Applications / Web UI (Apache Commons Configuration) (2.7.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q4	Oracle Fusion Middleware / BI Application Archive (Apache Commons Configuration) (5.9.0.0, 6.4.0.0) Oracle HealthCare Applications / Upload Service (Apache Commons Configuration) (8.1, 8.2) Oracle Hyperion / Installation and Configuration (Apache Commons Configuration) (11.2.9)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q4

Oracle Analytics / Content Storage Service (Apache Commons Configuration) (6.4.0.0.0, 7.0.0.0.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / UI (Apache Commons Configuration) (2.7)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q3

Oracle Analytics / Presentation Services (Apache Commons Configuration) (6.4.0.0.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q2

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Third Party (Apache Commons Configuration) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Apache Commons Configuration) (18.0.5, 19.0.4, 20.0.3, 21.0.2)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q1

Oracle Communications Applications / Cloud native deployment (Apache Commons Configuration) (12.0.0.5.0-12.0.0.7.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Collections (Apache Commons Configuration) (2.7.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Studio (Apache Commons Configuration) (8.0.8.3.1)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Web UI (Apache Commons Configuration) (2.7.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q4

Oracle Fusion Middleware / BI Application Archive (Apache Commons Configuration) (5.9.0.0, 6.4.0.0)
Oracle HealthCare Applications / Upload Service (Apache Commons Configuration) (8.1, 8.2)
Oracle Hyperion / Installation and Configuration (Apache Commons Configuration) (11.2.9)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Analytics	Content Storage Service (Apache Commons Configuration)	6.4.0.0.0, 7.0.0.0.0	6.4.0.0.0 · 7.0.0.0.0
Oracle Analytics	Presentation Services (Apache Commons Configuration)	6.4.0.0.0	6.4.0.0.0
Oracle Communications Applications	Cloud native deployment (Apache Commons Configuration)	12.0.0.5.0-12.0.0.7.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Collections (Apache Commons Configuration)	2.7.0	2.7.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Studio (Apache Commons Configuration)	8.0.8.3.1	8.0.8.3.1
Oracle Financial Services Applications	UI (Apache Commons Configuration)	2.7	2.7
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Web UI (Apache Commons Configuration)	2.7.0	2.7.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	BI Application Archive (Apache Commons Configuration)	5.9.0.0, 6.4.0.0	5.9.0.0 · 6.4.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Third Party (Apache Commons Configuration)	12.2.1.4.0	12.2.1.4.0
Oracle HealthCare Applications	Upload Service (Apache Commons Configuration)	8.1, 8.2	8.1 · 8.2
Oracle Hyperion	Installation and Configuration (Apache Commons Configuration)	11.2.9	11.2.9
Oracle Retail Applications	Xenvironment (Apache Commons Configuration)	18.0.5, 19.0.4, 20.0.3, 21.0.2	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.apache.commons:commons-configuration2 2.4 2.8.0 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2`	2.4	`2.8.0`	unbounded

Products and versions

4 products, 4 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	commons configuration	generic	≥ 2.4 and ＜ 2.8
nvd	debian	debian linux	generic	11.0
nvd	netapp	snapcenter	generic	any version
osv	org.apache.commons	commons-configuration2	generic	≥ 2.4 and ＜ 2.8.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

commons configuration

generic

≥ 2.4 and ＜ 2.8

nvd

debian

debian linux

generic

11.0

nvd

netapp

snapcenter

generic

any version

osv

org.apache.commons

commons-configuration2

generic

≥ 2.4 and ＜ 2.8.0

References

URL	Tags
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/changes-report.html#a2.8.0	WEB
https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration	PACKAGE
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-753	WEB
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONFIGURATION-764	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread/tdf5n7j80lfxdhs2764vn0xmpfodm87s	WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0015	WEB
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5290	WEB
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/06/5	WEB
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/15/4	WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0015/	Third Party Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2022-07-06	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2022-07-06

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.apache.commons:commons-configuration2

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.apache.commons:commons-configuration2). 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

apache commons_configuration not tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_configuration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

debian debian_linux not tracked cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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