CVE-2022-22968 Improper handling of case sensitivity in Spring Framework
Attackers can bypass field protection in Spring Framework DataBinder due to case-sensitive pattern matching, allowing unauthorized modification of protected fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-22968?
CVE-2022-22968 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 14 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.18, 5.2.0 - 5.2.20, and older unsupported versions, the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder are case sensitive which means a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including upper and lower case for the first character of all nested fields within the property path.
Weakness: CWE-178
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22968?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring-context. It affects 7 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework:spring-context Maven | All versions | 5.2.21.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-context Maven | All versions | 5.2.21.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-context Maven | From 5.3.0 | 5.3.19 |
org.springframework:spring-context Maven | From 5.3.0 | 5.3.19 |
Products include Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Secure Agent, Netapp Metrocluster Tiebreaker, Netapp Snap Creator Framework, Netapp Snapmanager, Oracle Mysql Enterprise Monitor and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22968?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-context to a fixed version for your release line: 5.2.21.RELEASE or 5.3.19.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-22968 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22968 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22968, GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7, ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2022-22968, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22968.