CVE-2022-22976

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Spring Security
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 May 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

Spring Security versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.7, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.4, and earlier unsupported versions contain an integer overflow vulnerability. When using the BCrypt class with the maximum work factor (31), the encoder does not perform any salt rounds, due to an integer overflow error. The default settings are not affected by this CVE.

Affected Version(s)

Spring Security Spring Security versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.7, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.4, and earlier 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.

cve-2022-22976-bcrypt-skips-salt
Created by spring-io

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22976
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/
x_refsource_CONFIRM

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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