CVE-2022-22947
Published 2022-03-03 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@vmware.com
Summary
CVE-2022-22947 is a critical-severity (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in VMware Spring Cloud Gateway. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 16, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 6, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. VMware has 26 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 9 of them linked to ransomware.
All 26 known-exploited VMware vulnerabilities →Description
In spring cloud gateway versions prior to 3.1.1+ and 3.0.7+ , applications are vulnerable to a code injection attack when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled, exposed and unsecured. A remote attacker could make a maliciously crafted request that could allow arbitrary remote execution on the remote host.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: VMware — Spring Cloud Gateway
Name: VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-05-16 · Due: 2022-06-06
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166219/Spring-Cloud-Gateway-3.1.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168742/Spring-Cloud-Gateway-3.1.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22947
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166219/Spring-Cloud-Gateway-3.1.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168742/Spring-Cloud-Gateway-3.1.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22947

