CRITICAL CISA KEV

CVE-2022-22965

CVSS v3

9.8

CRITICAL

EPSS Score

94.4%

exploit probability

CISA KEV

Yes

known exploited

Exploitation

SSVC status

Description

A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding. The specific exploit requires the application to run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment. If the application is deployed as a Spring Boot executable jar, i.e. the default, it is not vulnerable to the exploit. However, the nature of the vulnerability is more general, and there may be other ways to exploit it.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
4/4/2022
Patch Due Date
4/25/2022
Ransomware Use
Unknown

Technical details

Published
4/1/2022

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22965?

A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding. The specific exploit requires the application to run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment. If the application is deployed as a Spring Boot executable jar, i.e. the default, it is not vulnerable to the exploit. However, the nature of the vulnerability is more general, and there may be other ways to exploit it.

Is CVE-2022-22965 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-22965 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 4/25/2022.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-22965?

CVE-2022-22965 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity).

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