CVE-2021-22112

HIGH

Spring Security <5.4.4-<5.3.8.RELEASE-<5.2.9.RELEASE - Privilege Es...

Title source: llm

Description

Spring Security 5.4.x prior to 5.4.4, 5.3.x prior to 5.3.8.RELEASE, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.9.RELEASE, and older unsupported versions can fail to save the SecurityContext if it is changed more than once in a single request.A malicious user cannot cause the bug to happen (it must be programmed in). However, if the application's intent is to only allow the user to run with elevated privileges in a small portion of the application, the bug can be leveraged to extend those privileges to the rest of the application.

References (15)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/19/7

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/redbd004a503b3520ae5746c2ab5e93fd7da807a8c128e60d2002cd9b%40%3Cissues.nifi.apache.org%3E

[Vendor Advisory] https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22112

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r163b3e4e39803882f5be05ee8606b2b9812920e196daa2a82997ce14%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb05e499807900ba23e539643eead9c5f0652fd271f223f89da1804%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37423ec7eea340e92a409452c35b649dce02fdc467f0b3f52086c177%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3868207b967f926819fe3aa8d33f1666429be589bb4a62104a49f4e3%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r390783b3b1c59b978131ac08390bf77fbb3863270cbde59d5b0f5fde%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r413e380088c427f56102968df89ef2f336473e1b56b7d4b3a571a378%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r89aa1b48a827f5641310305214547f1d6b2101971a49b624737c497f%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra53677224fe4f04c2599abc88032076faa18dc84b329cdeba85d4cfc%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra6389b1b82108a3b6bbcd22979f7665fd437c2a3408c9509a15a9ca1%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0098

EPSS Percentile 76.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (12)

pivotal_software/spring_security < 5.2.9

vmware/spring_security < 5.4.4

oracle/communications_element_manager < 8.2.4.0

oracle/communications_interactive_session_recorder

oracle/communications_interactive_session_recorder

oracle/communications_unified_inventory_management

oracle/hospitality_cruise_shipboard_property_management_system

oracle/insurance_policy_administration

oracle/insurance_policy_administration

oracle/mysql_enterprise_monitor < 8.0.25

org.springframework.security/spring-security-bom < 5.4.4Maven

org.springframework.security/spring-security-web < 5.4.4Maven

Timeline

Published Feb 23, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026