CVE-2022-22947: VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability
Vendor
VMware
Product
Spring Cloud Gateway
Added to the catalog
2022-05-16
Due date for US federal agencies
2022-06-06
Weaknesses
CWE-94
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Spring Cloud Gateway applications are vulnerable to a code injection attack when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled, exposed and unsecured.

Required action (CISA)

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Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-03-03T22:15:08.673
Last modified
2026-06-17T04:29:13.420
Weaknesses
CWE-94, CWE-917

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.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.110CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.110CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P[email protected] (Primary)

References

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CVE record

Assigner
vmware
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
Updated
2025-10-21T23:15:45.220Z
Problem types
CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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.

References

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Also known as / affected packages

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:54:29.667Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-94.json

CWE-917: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-03T00:03:21.049Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-917.json

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2022-22947: VMware Spring Cloud Gateway Code Injection Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-c14992d148e8, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2022-22947 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T04:29:13.420.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:15:45.220Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-3gx9-37ww-9qw6, via OSV.dev, modified 2024-02-16T08:19:02.311663Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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