CVE-2022-22965 (Critical) detected in multiple libraries

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CVE-2022-22965 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - spring-boot-starter-web-2.2.7.RELEASE.jar, spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar, spring-beans-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar, spring-webmvc-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar

spring-boot-starter-web-2.2.7.RELEASE.jar

Starter for building web, including RESTful, applications using Spring MVC. Uses Tomcat as the default embedded container

Library home page: https://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/#/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-web

Path to dependency file: /dd-smoke-tests/springboot-openliberty/application/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-starter-web/2.2.7.RELEASE/spring-boot-starter-web-2.2.7.RELEASE.jar,/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-openliberty/application/target/liberty/wlp/usr/shared/resources/lib.index.cache/14/b1e62325e1f1494a4d4b7ef050ae84c222fe945825b7e2f261fad57e74a72f/spring-boot-starter-web-2.2.7.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ spring-boot-starter-web-2.2.7.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar

Spring Beans

Library home page: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.ivy2/cache/org.springframework/spring-beans/jars/spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• play-java-forms_2.13-2.7.5.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

spring-beans-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar

Spring Beans

Library home page: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /dd-smoke-tests/springboot-openliberty/application/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-beans/5.2.6.RELEASE/spring-beans-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar,/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-openliberty/application/target/liberty/wlp/usr/shared/resources/lib.index.cache/68/cb7b0436f58d8f228005645795ebee3df67ec252dbf675d7ebf18edde2c09c/spring-beans-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.ivy2/cache/org.springframework/spring-beans/jars/spring-beans-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ spring-beans-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

spring-webmvc-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar

Spring Web MVC

Library home page: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework

Path to dependency file: /dd-smoke-tests/springboot-openliberty/application/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /dd-smoke-tests/springboot-openliberty/application/target/liberty/wlp/usr/shared/resources/lib.index.cache/bf/cf0312998a4fb1f69d6a044dfd13e49d72b233caf0347c7df76db6f3223369/spring-webmvc-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-webmvc/5.2.6.RELEASE/spring-webmvc-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ spring-webmvc-5.2.6.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2819174635979a19573ec0ce8e3e2b63a3848079

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.
Mend Note: The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.

Publish Date: 2022-04-01

URL: CVE-2022-22965

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://spring.io/blog/2022/03/31/spring-framework-rce-early-announcement

Release Date: 2022-04-01

Fix Resolution: org.springframework:spring-beans:5.2.20.RELEASE,5.3.18

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