CVE-2022-22963 in VMware and Oracle Products
Published on April 1, 2022
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. When using routing functionality in VMware Tanzu's Spring Cloud Function, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression that may result in remote code execution and access to local resources.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 15, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-22963 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2022-22963 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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