Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting org.springframework:spring-context package, versions [,5.2.21)[5.3.0, 5.3.19)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORK-2689634
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Apr 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-22968  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-178  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework:spring-context to version 5.2.21, 5.3.19 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity via the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder. As a result, a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including nested fields within the property path.

CVSS Scores

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