CVE-2022-22965

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-04-04. Federal remediation due 2022-04-25.

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

99.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% 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

Important. 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 22:17Z4 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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d66ba26f927f30d47e6aac6af4d69a35897ed03b8b1e0b7d6ad3c2cd4ded2ec4

• tanzu.vmware.comhttps://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22965x_refsource_MISC
• tools.cisco.com20220401 Vulnerability in Spring Framework Affecting Cisco Products: March 2022https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-java-spring-rce-Zx9GUc67vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• psirt.global.sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0005x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166713/Spring4Shell-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-254054.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167011/Spring4Shell-Spring-Framework-Class-Property-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.kb.cert.orghttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970766
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22965government-resource