CVE-2022-22978 vulnerability in VMware and Other Products
Published on May 19, 2022
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.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2022-22978 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
EPSS
90.41%
Percentile
99.60%
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