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SCA: security update for org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web, org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux, org.springframework:spring-beans, org.springframework:spring-webflux, org.springframework:spring-webmvc (GHSA-36p3-wjmg-h94x)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409346

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2022-22965)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36p3-wjmg-h94x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 409346

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

Percentile: 99.94

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/25/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Spring Framework Class property RCE (Spring4Shell))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22965