Bug 2087606 (CVE-2022-22978) - CVE-2022-22978 springframework: Authorization Bypass in RegexRequestMatcher
Summary: CVE-2022-22978 springframework: Authorization Bypass in RegexRequestMatcher
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-22978
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2087941
Blocks: 2087215
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Reported: 2022-05-18 05:45 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2023-05-24 17:10 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: spring-security 5.5.7, spring-security 5.6.4, spring-security 5.7.0
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A flaw was found in Spring Security. When using RegexRequestMatcher, an easy misconfiguration can bypass some servlet containers. Applications using RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression are possibly vulnerable to an authorization bypass.
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Last Closed: 2022-07-07 21:10:55 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:5532 0 None None None 2022-07-07 14:23:25 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:3299 0 None None None 2023-05-24 17:10:44 UTC

Description Sandipan Roy 2022-05-18 05:45:03 UTC 
In Spring Security versions 5.5.6 and 5.5.7 and older unsupported versions, RegexRequestMatcher can easily be misconfigured to be bypassed on some servlet containers.

Applications using RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression are possibly vulnerable to an authorization bypass.
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978
Comment 1 Patrick Del Bello 2022-05-18 15:00:33 UTC 
Created springframework tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2087941]
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2022-07-07 14:23:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Fuse 7.11

Via RHSA-2022:5532 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5532
Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-07-07 21:10:50 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-22978
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-24 17:10:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13

Via RHSA-2023:3299 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3299
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