CVE-2025-22227: vmware reactor netty

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumDeferred

AliasesCGA-25cc-2hgh-c9crCGA-27f4-j3fc-49hrCGA-2996-hf8q-mx6w+154 more

Published 16-07-2025Last modified 23-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22227 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in vmware reactor netty. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

24/100

0100

Low · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

6.1/10

010

Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)

EPSS score

0.40%

0%100%

Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 10

CGA-38VG-H32C-RMFX CGA-47CF-62P3-XGPR CGA-548C-V35H-56H7 CGA-5HQF-6HH7-C6J6 CGA-8WV5-4JQG-GF53 CGA-FP2V-JV6C-6J6H+4 more

Timeline

16-07-2025
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
23-06-2026
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In some specific scenarios with chained redirects, Reactor Netty HTTP client leaks credentials. In order for this to happen, the HTTP client must have been explicitly configured to follow redirects.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

v3.16.1

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 0.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026

EPSS score

0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorThe product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected systems

Chainguard74 products

apache-nifi< 2.4.0-r7
apache-nifi-compat< 2.4.0-r7
apache-nifi-toolkit< 2.4.0-r7
camunda-zeebe-8.6< 8.6.22-r2
camunda-zeebe-8.6-compat< 8.6.22-r2

camunda-zeebe-8.7< 8.7.8-r1
camunda-zeebe-8.7-compat< 8.7.8-r1
commercial-elasticsearch-8.17All versions (No fix recorded)
commercial-elasticsearch-8.18All versions (No fix recorded)
commercial-elasticsearch-8.19< 8.19.22-r0
commercial-elasticsearch-9.0All versions (No fix recorded)
commercial-elasticsearch-9.1All versions (No fix recorded)
commercial-elasticsearch-9.2All versions (No fix recorded)
commercial-elasticsearch-9.3All versions (No fix recorded)
commercial-elasticsearch-9.4< 9.4.7-r0
commercial-elasticsearch-9.5< 9.5.4-r0
conductor< 3.31.0-r3
conductor-fips< 3.31.0-r2
druid< 33.0.0-r8
druid-compat< 33.0.0-r8
elasticsearch-8.17< 8.17.8-r3
elasticsearch-8.17-config< 8.17.8-r3
elasticsearch-9.0< 9.0.7-r1
elasticsearch-9.0-config< 9.0.7-r1
elasticsearch-9.0-iamguarded< 9.0.7-r1
elasticsearch-9.4< 9.4.1-r1
elasticsearch-9.4-iamguarded< 9.4.1-r1
elasticsearch-fips-9.4< 9.4.1-r1
flyway< 11.10.3-r0
opensearch-3< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-alerting< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-analysis-icu< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-analysis-kuromoji< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-analysis-nori< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-analysis-phonetic< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-analysis-smartcn< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-analysis-stempel< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-analysis-ukrainian< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-anomaly-detection< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-asynchronous-search< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-cross-cluster-replication< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-crypto-kms< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-custom-codecs< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-discovery-azure-classic< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-discovery-ec2< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-discovery-gce< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-geospatial< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-index-management< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-ingest-attachment< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-job-scheduler< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-k-nn< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-mapper-annotated-text< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-mapper-murmur3< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-mapper-size< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-ml-commons< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-neural-search< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-notifications< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-observability< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-performance-analyzer< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-reporting< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-repository-azure< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-repository-gcs< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-repository-s3< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-security< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-security-analytics< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-sql< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-store-smb< 3.3.0-r0
opensearch-3-telemetry-otel< 3.3.0-r0
sonarqube< 26.9.0.129388-r4
thingsboard< 4.1-r2
thingsboard-tb-js-executor< 4.1-r2
thingsboard-tb-mqtt-transport< 4.1-r2
thingsboard-tb-node< 4.1-r2
thingsboard-tb-web-ui< 4.1-r2

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Wolfi51 products

apache-nifi< 2.4.0-r7
apache-nifi-compat< 2.4.0-r7
apache-nifi-toolkit< 2.4.0-r7
druid< 33.0.0-r8
druid-compat< 33.0.0-r8

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Io.projectreactor.netty1 product

reactor-netty-http≥ 1.3.0-M1, < 1.3.0-M5 | < 1.2.8

Vmware1 product

reactor netty≥ 1.0.x, < 1.0.49 (Reactor BOM 2020.0.48) | ≥ 1.1.x, < 1.1.32 (Reactor BOM 2022.0.27 and 2023.0.20) | ≥ 1.2.x, < 1.2.8 (Reactor BOM 2024.0.8) | ≥ 1.3.x, < 1.3.0-M5 (Reactor BOM 2025.0.0-M5)

4 vendors · 127 products

References

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