Vulnerabilities / CVE-2022-22978

critical

CVE-2022-22978

springframework: Authorization Bypass in RegexRequestMatcher

Published Modified CWE 863
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium).

Description

In spring security versions prior to 5.4.11+, 5.5.7+ , 5.6.4+ and older unsupported versions, RegexRequestMatcher can easily be misconfigured to be bypassed on some servlet containers. Applications using RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression are possibly vulnerable to an authorization bypass.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework.security:spring-security-web5.5.7, 5.6.4, 5.4.11
Red Hatjenkinsno fix listed
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-core5.5.7, 5.6.4, 5.4.11
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-web5.5.7, 5.6.4, 5.4.11
Red Hatjenkinsno fix listed

References

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