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CVE-2022-22978

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-05-19
  • WeaknessCWE-863

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-05-1915:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  3. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Oracle financial services crime and compliance management studio
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0.8.2.0no fix published
8.0= 8.0.8.3.0no fix published
Vmware spring security
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.6≥ 5.6.0, < 5.6.45.6.4
5.5< 5.5.75.5.7
Netapp active iq unified manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
7 repositories, unverifiedDeEpinGh0st/CVE-2022-22978ducluongtran9121/CVE-2022-22978-PoCaeifkz/CVE-2022-22978umakant76705/CVE-2022-22978Raghvendra1207/CVE-2022-22978
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-863read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-863read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score12.4 %read 2026-10-23
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept7read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-05-19
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22978?

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.

Is CVE-2022-22978 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-22978 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 12.4% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-22978?

CVE-2022-22978 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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