CVE-2022-22963
VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Published
- Apr 1, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 2022
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 100.0%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
In Spring Cloud Function versions 3.1.6, 3.2.2 and older unsupported versions, when using routing functionality it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression that may result in remote code execution and access to local resources.
Sources
spring/CVE-2022-22963
Spring Cloud Function SpEL Code Injection (CVE-2022-22963)
Vulhub vulnerability labsDeclared conditions
- lab image version: vulhub/spring-cloud-function:3.2.2(spring/CVE-2022-22963/docker-compose.yml:services.spring.image)
modules/exploits/multi/http/spring_cloud_function_spel_injection.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Linux,Unix($.exploit_multi/http/spring_cloud_function_spel_injection.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_multi/http/spring_cloud_function_spel_injection.check)
http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-22963.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: status,word($.matchers[*].type)
- oob: interactsh_reference($.template_text)
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