CVE-2022-22978: Authorization bypass in Spring Security
(updated )
In Spring Security versions 5.5.6 and 5.5.7 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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-hh32-7344-cg2f
- github.com/anchore/grype/issues/2158
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/blob/main/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/util/matcher/RegexRequestMatcher.java
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22978
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003
- spring.io/security/cve-2022-22978
- tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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