Temporary Directory Hijacking to Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in org.springframework.boot:spring-boot

published 2022-03-30 4 y ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-cm59-pr5q-cw85 , EUVD-2022-6319

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

spring-boot versions prior to version v2.2.11.RELEASE was vulnerable to temporary directory hijacking. This vulnerability impacted the org.springframework.boot.web.server.AbstractConfigurableWebServerFactory.createTempDir method. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products and/or versions that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 2

maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot 2.2.11.RELEASE
vmware spring_boot 2.2.11

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-cm59-pr5q-cw85 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.springframework.boot:spring-boot	<2.2.11.RELEASE	2.2.11.RELEASE

Classification

Weakness

CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
CWE-377 DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File
CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Technology feeds

Spring rss critical rss

References

github.com /JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-cm59-pr5q-cw85
web, exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /spring-projects/spring-boot/commit/667ccdae84822072f9ea1a27ed5c77964c71002d
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27772
advisory
github.com /spring-projects/spring-boot
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary