VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-22978
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability12.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- security@vmware.com: CWE-863
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863