{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring-context. It affects 7 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22968 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade org.springframework:spring-context to a fixed version for your release line: 5.2.21.RELEASE or 5.3.19.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22968 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22968 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.springframework:spring-context (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 5.2.21.RELEASE\n- org.springframework:spring-context (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 5.2.21.RELEASE\n- org.springframework:spring-context (Maven): affected from 5.3.0; fixed in 5.3.19\n- org.springframework:spring-context (Maven): affected from 5.3.0; fixed in 5.3.19\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22968/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-22968","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22968/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-22968","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22968","GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7","ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2022-22968","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22968"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Java web framework","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass field protection in Spring Framework DataBinder due to case-sensitive pattern matching, allowing unauthorized modification of protected fields.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"active_iq_unified_manager","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"cloud_secure_agent","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"metrocluster_tiebreaker","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"snap_creator_framework","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"snapmanager","vendor":"netapp"},{"product":"mysql_enterprise_monitor","vendor":"oracle"},{"product":"spring_framework","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-178","name":"Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity"}],"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.","ecosystems":["Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2022-05-12","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":2,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2022-05-12T18:25:18Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/MarcinGadz/spring-rce-poc","stars":2,"title":"Testing CVE-2022-22968"}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Improper handling of case sensitivity in Spring Framework","id":"CVE-2022-22968","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":"netapp:active_iq_unified_manager","products":["netapp:active_iq_unified_manager","netapp:cloud_secure_agent","netapp:snapmanager","oracle:mysql_enterprise_monitor","vmware:spring_framework"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2022"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth2","id":"CVE-2022-22969"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.2.21.RELEASE"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.springframework:spring-context","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.2.21.RELEASE"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.springframework:spring-context","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework/spring-context","source":"GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.3.19"],"introduced":["5.3.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.springframework:spring-context","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.3.19"],"introduced":["5.3.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.springframework:spring-context","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework/spring-context","source":"GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7"}],"prev":{"headline":"Salt's PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts","id":"CVE-2022-22967"},"products":["Spring Framework"],"published":"2022-04-14","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Spring Security authorization rules can be bypassed via forward or include dispatcher types","id":"CVE-2022-31692","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-10-31"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in systemd-resolved","id":"CVE-2022-2526","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Authorization bypass in Spring Security","id":"CVE-2022-22978","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-05-19"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in Node","id":"CVE-2021-22931","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-16"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Code injection in Java","id":"CVE-2018-2938","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-07-18"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Code injection in Java","id":"CVE-2018-2941","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-07-18"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Code injection in Java","id":"CVE-2018-2942","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-07-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-08","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass field protection in Spring Framework DataBinder due to case-sensitive pattern matching, allowing unauthorized modification of protected fields.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22968/"}