CVEs / CVE-2022-22947

CVE-2022-22947: VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 16 May 2022
critical 10 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 98.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 28 Oct 2026

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Summary

Spring Cloud Gateway applications are vulnerable to a code injection attack when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled, exposed and unsecured.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

In spring cloud gateway versions prior to 3.1.1+ and 3.0.7+ , applications are vulnerable to a code injection attack when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled, exposed and unsecured. A remote attacker could make a maliciously crafted request that could allow arbitrary remote execution on the remote host.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 3 Mar 2022 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a Spring Cloud Gateway	Spring cloud gateway versions 3.1.x prior to 3.1.1+, 3.0.x prior to 3.0.7+ and all old and unsupported versions	—

As stated by OSV
Product	Affected	Fixed in
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway (Maven)	before 3.0.7	3.0.7
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway (Maven)	from 3.1.0, before 3.1.1	3.1.1

Package versions from GHSA-3gx9-37ww-9qw6.

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	16 May 2022
Due date for US federal agencies	6 Jun 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Unknown
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	10 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-94, CWE-917

References

CVE-2022-22947 on NVD
CVE-2022-22947 in the CISA KEV catalog
CVE-2022-22947 on OSV
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166219/Spring-Cloud-Gateway-3.1.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168742/Spring-Cloud-Gateway-3.1.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22947 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22947 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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