Code Injection Vulnerability in Spring Cloud Gateway by VMware
CVE-2022-22947

10CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Vmware
Status
Spring Cloud Gateway
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 March 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 94%🦅 CISA Reported

What is CVE-2022-22947?

Certain versions of Spring Cloud Gateway are susceptible to a code injection vulnerability when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled and unsecured. This flaw allows remote attackers to craft malicious requests, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the affected host. Proper security measures should be implemented to mitigate this risk.

CISA has reported CVE-2022-22947

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2022-22947 as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Cloud Gateway Spring cloud gateway versions 3.1.x prior to 3.1.1+, 3.0.x prior to 3.0.7+ and all old and unsupported versions

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

Spring-Cloud-Gateway-CVE-2022-22947
Created by lucksec

cve-2022-22947-godzilla-memshell
Created by whwlsfb

SpringExploitGUI
Created by charonlight

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22947
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166219/Spring-Cloud-...

EPSS Score

94% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
10
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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