CVE-2022-22963

What the flaw is

When using routing functionality in VMware Tanzu's Spring Cloud Function, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression that may result in remote code execution and access to local resources.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

197 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. That volume usually means a reliable, widely-reproduced exploit. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

• 0x7n6/OSCP
• 0x801453/SpringbootGuiExploit
• 0xStrygwyr/OSCP-Guide
• 0xZipp0/OSCP
• 0xsyr0/OSCP
• 12442RF/NpocTemplate
• 13exp/SpringBoot-Scan-GUI
• 189569400/Meppo

Showing 8 of 197. Full list in the trickest/cve dataset.

Vendor advisories

• tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22963
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22963

Primary sources

• NVD entry — CVSS score, CPE list and references
• CISA KEV catalog — the source for this page
• CVE Record at cve.org