Spring Security Advisories

CVE-2022-22963: Remote code execution in Spring Cloud Function by malicious Spring Expression

CRITICAL | MARCH 29, 2022 | CVE-2022-22963

Description

In Spring Cloud Function versions 3.1.6, 3.2.2 and older unsupported versions, when using routing functionality it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression that may result in remote code execution and access to local resources.

Affected Spring Products and Versions

  • Spring Cloud Function
    • 3.1.6
    • 3.2.2
    • Older, unsupported versions are also affected

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to 3.1.7, 3.2.3. No other steps are necessary. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

  • Spring Cloud Function
    • 3.1.7
    • 3.2.3

Credit

This vulnerability was initially discovered and responsibly reported by m09u3r.

History

  • 2022-03-29: Initial vulnerability report published.
  • 2022-03-31: Updates to description, severity and references.

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