CVE-2022-22978
In spring security versions prior to 5.4.11+, 5.5.7+ , 5.6.4+ and older unsupported versions, RegexRequestMatcher can easily be misconfigured to be bypassed...
- Published
- May 19, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 96.2%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
In spring security versions prior to 5.4.11+, 5.5.7+ , 5.6.4+ and older unsupported versions, RegexRequestMatcher can easily be misconfigured to be bypassed on some servlet containers. Applications using RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression are possibly vulnerable to an authorization bypass.
Sources
spring/CVE-2022-22978
Spring Security Authorization Bypass in RegexRequestMatcher (CVE-2022-22978)
Vulhub vulnerability labsDeclared conditions
- lab image version: vulhub/spring-security:5.6.3(spring/CVE-2022-22978/docker-compose.yml:services.spring-security.image)
CVE-2022-22978 Spring-Security bypass Demo
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