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CVE-2022-22947 kev in the critical feed json

Spring Cloud Gateway vulnerable to Code Injection when Gateway Actuator endpoint enabled, exposed, unsecured

published 2022-03-03 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3gx9-37ww-9qw6 , EUVD-2022-1288

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-05-16
epss
98.3%
EPSS 98.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway 3.0.7, 3.1.1
  • vmware spring_cloud_gateway 3.0.7

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/spring_cloud_gateway_rce)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-06 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
VMware, Spring Cloud Gateway
CISA name
VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application exploitation
  • T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter primary impact
  • T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact secondary impact

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

98.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-gateway
<3.0.7
>=3.1.0, <3.1.1
3.0.7
3.1.1

Affected products

  • n/a Spring Cloud Gateway

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
  • CWE-917 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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