Critical severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Apr 1, 2022· Updated Oct 21, 2025
CVE-2022-22965
CVE-2022-22965
Description
A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding. The specific exploit requires the application to run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment. If the application is deployed as a Spring Boot executable jar, i.e. the default, it is not vulnerable to the exploit. However, the nature of the vulnerability is more general, and there may be other ways to exploit it.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework:spring-beansMaven | < 5.2.20.RELEASE | 5.2.20.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-beansMaven | >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.18 | 5.3.18 |
org.springframework:spring-webmvcMaven | < 5.2.20.RELEASE | 5.2.20.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-webmvcMaven | >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.18 | 5.3.18 |
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webMaven | < 2.5.12 | 2.5.12 |
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webMaven | >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.6 | 2.6.6 |
org.springframework:spring-webfluxMaven | < 5.2.20.RELEASE | 5.2.20.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-webfluxMaven | >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.18 | 5.3.18 |
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webfluxMaven | < 2.5.12 | 2.5.12 |
org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webfluxMaven | >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.6 | 2.6.6 |
Affected products
1- Spring/Spring MVCdescription
Patches
1002546b3e4b8Refine PropertyDescriptor filtering
1 file changed · +14 −4
spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/CachedIntrospectionResults.java+14 −4 modified@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors. + * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; +import java.security.ProtectionDomain; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; @@ -286,9 +287,13 @@ private CachedIntrospectionResults(Class<?> beanClass) throws BeansException { // This call is slow so we do it once. PropertyDescriptor[] pds = this.beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors(); for (PropertyDescriptor pd : pds) { - if (Class.class == beanClass && - ("classLoader".equals(pd.getName()) || "protectionDomain".equals(pd.getName()))) { - // Ignore Class.getClassLoader() and getProtectionDomain() methods - nobody needs to bind to those + if (Class.class == beanClass && (!"name".equals(pd.getName()) && !pd.getName().endsWith("Name"))) { + // Only allow all name variants of Class properties + continue; + } + if (pd.getPropertyType() != null && (ClassLoader.class.isAssignableFrom(pd.getPropertyType()) + || ProtectionDomain.class.isAssignableFrom(pd.getPropertyType()))) { + // Ignore ClassLoader and ProtectionDomain types - nobody needs to bind to those continue; } if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) { @@ -337,6 +342,11 @@ private void introspectInterfaces(Class<?> beanClass, Class<?> currClass, Set<St // GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor leniently resolves a set* write method // against a declared read method, so we prefer read method descriptors here. pd = buildGenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor(beanClass, pd); + if (pd.getPropertyType() != null && (ClassLoader.class.isAssignableFrom(pd.getPropertyType()) + || ProtectionDomain.class.isAssignableFrom(pd.getPropertyType()))) { + // Ignore ClassLoader and ProtectionDomain types - nobody needs to bind to those + continue; + } this.propertyDescriptors.put(pd.getName(), pd); Method readMethod = pd.getReadMethod(); if (readMethod != null) {
Vulnerability mechanics
Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
18- github.com/advisories/GHSA-36p3-wjmg-h94xghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22965ghsaADVISORY
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-java-spring-rce-Zx9GUc67ghsavendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOWEB
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/166713/Spring4Shell-Code-Execution.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/167011/Spring4Shell-Spring-Framework-Class-Property-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254054.pdfghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.5.12ghsaWEB
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.6.6ghsaWEB
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/002546b3e4b8d791ea6acccb81eb3168f51abb15ghsaWEB
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.2.20.RELEASEghsaWEB
- github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/releases/tag/v5.3.18ghsaWEB
- psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0005ghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
- spring.io/blog/2022/03/31/spring-framework-rce-early-announcementghsaWEB
- tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22965ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogghsaWEB
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970766ghsaWEB
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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