CVE-2022-22963

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-25. Federal remediation due 2022-09-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-04-01 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:15Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-01-10

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
• CWE-917Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ded59e0f7c331315d7f8768c8baded616b39d8bdce016e72f84ac23bfe3df9f9

• tanzu.vmware.comhttps://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22963
• tools.cisco.com20220401 Vulnerability in Spring Cloud Function Framework Affecting Cisco Products: March 2022https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-java-spring-scf-rce-DQrHhJxHvendor-advisory
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• psirt.global.sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0005
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173430/Spring-Cloud-3.2.2-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22963government-resource