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Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2022 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2021-22060

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spring Framework. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.13, 5.2.0 - 5.2.18, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide malicious input to cause the insertion of additional log entries. This is a follow-up to CVE-2021-22096 that protects against additional types of input and in more places of the Spring Framework codebase.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libspring-javano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-22060
Debian:13libspring-javano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-22060
Debian:14libspring-javano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-22060
Mavenorg.springframework:spring-core5.3.14GHSA-6gf2-pvqw-37ph
Mavenorg.springframework:spring-core5.2.19GHSA-6gf2-pvqw-37ph
Ubuntu:25.10libspring-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22060
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibspring-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22060
Ubuntu:26.10libspring-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22060

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Spring Framework Spring Framework 5.3.0 - 5.3.13, 5.2.0 - 5.2.18, and older unsupported versions

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