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CVE-2022-22965: Spring Framework JDK 9+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalKEVAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22965USN-7165-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22965
Published 01-04-2022Last modified 21-10-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-22965 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in VMware Spring Framework. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 04-04-2022. EPSS estimates a 99.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
85/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
99.64%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVListedCISA
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, metasploit

Timeline

  1. 01-04-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-04-2022
    Added to CISA KEVSpring Framework JDK 9+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  3. 25-04-2022
    CISA remediation dueApply updates per vendor instructions.
  4. 21-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding. The specific exploit requires the application to run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment. If the application is deployed as a Spring Boot executable jar, i.e. the default, it is not vulnerable to the exploit. However, the nature of the vulnerability is more general, and there may be other ways to exploit it.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

99.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 99.64% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
99.64%

Known exploited

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CISA KEVListed
Added
04-04-2022
Federal due date
25-04-2022

CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions. nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22965

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteUnverified

    Spring Framework Class property RCE (Spring4Shell)

    exploit/multi/http/spring_framework_rce_spring4shell

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Oracle26 products
Siemens5 products
Veritas5 products
Org.springframework3 products
  • spring-beans< 5.2.20.RELEASE | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.18
  • spring-webflux< 5.2.20.RELEASE | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.18
  • spring-webmvc< 5.2.20.RELEASE | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.18
Org.springframework.boot2 products
  • spring-boot-starter-web< 2.5.12 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.6
  • spring-boot-starter-webflux< 2.5.12 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.6.6
Cisco1 product
Debian1 product
  • libspring-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • libspring-java< 4.3.30-2ubuntu1 | < 4.3.22-1~18.04.1~esm1 | < 4.3.22-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.3.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.3.30-2ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
Vmware1 product

9 vendors · 45 products

References

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