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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2022-22968 json

Improper handling of case sensitivity in Spring Framework

published 2022-04-14 4 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also GHSA-g5mm-vmx4-3rg7 , EUVD-2022-1735

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.18, 5.2.0 - 5.2.20, and older unsupported versions, the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder are case sensitive which means a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including upper and lower case for the first character of all nested fields within the property path.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-context 5.2.21.RELEASE, 5.3.19
  • vmware spring_framework 5.2.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-22968 updated cvss 5.3

Framework: Data Binding Rules Vulnerability

  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift springframework Red Hat Decision Manager 7 springframework springframework Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 springframework springframework Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1 springframework springframework
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Integration Data Virtualisation Operator springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 springframework springframework
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 springframework springframework
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat AMQ 7.10.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5101
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5532
  • Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2 springframework springframework Red Hat build of Quarkus springframework springframework Red Hat Data Grid 8 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 springframework springframework Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack springframework springframework Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes springframework springframework
    +3 more products
    Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 springframework springframework Red Hat support for Spring Boot springframework springframework Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka springframework springframework
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

5.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-context
>=5.3.0, <5.3.19
<5.2.21.RELEASE
5.3.19
5.2.21.RELEASE

Affected products

  • n/a Spring Framework

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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