CVE-2022-22968
HIGH7.5EPSS 20.5%Improper handling of case sensitivity in Spring Framework
Published: 4/15/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libspring-javafrom 0
- Maven/org.springframework:spring-context>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.19
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22968
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-22968
- PATCHhttps://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
- WEBhttps://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/833e750175349ab4fd502109a8b41af77e25cdea
- WEBhttps://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/a7cf19cec5ebd270f97a194d749e2d5701ad2ab7
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220602-0004
- WEBhttps://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22968
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html