CVE-2021-22096 Improper Output Neutralization for Logs in Spring Framework

What is CVE-2021-22096?

CVE-2021-22096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 28 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.10, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide malicious input to cause the insertion of additional log entries.

Weakness: CWE-117

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22096?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring and org.springframework:spring-core. It affects 8 products.

Products include Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Management Services for Element Software and Netapp Hci, Netapp Metrocluster Tiebreaker, Netapp Snap Creator Framework, Netapp Snapcenter, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Console and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22096?

Upgrade org.springframework:spring to a fixed version for your release line: 5.2.18 or 5.3.11.

Is CVE-2021-22096 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager

• CVE-2022-31692 Spring Security authorization rules can be bypassed via forward or include dispatcher types Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-2526 Use after free in systemd-resolved Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-22978 Authorization bypass in Spring Security Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22931 Code injection in Node Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-2938 Code injection in Java Critical 9.0

All Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CLSA-2026-1792602142, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-22096, GHSA-rfmp-97jj-h8m6, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22096.