02 Records
FEED: ACQUIRING
01 RecordSTATE: PUBLISHED
02 Description
CNA: vmwareSpring Security, versions 5.7 prior to 5.7.5, and 5.6 prior to 5.6.9, and older unsupported versions could be susceptible to a privilege escalation under certain conditions. A malicious user or
03 Exploitation and scoring
SRC: CISA, FIRST, NVD, RED HAT- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- 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
- 1.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Ranks above 62.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. 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.
SCHEMA: 5.1
- Published
- 2022-10-31 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-08 18:47Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-05-25
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 808f24995fc81db3598060027614c5c648a3e52cd1e0143d51dc518b911ca00e
05 Affected products
PAIRS: 1VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aSpring SecuritySpring Security (5.7 to 5.7.4 and 5.6 to 5.6.8 as well as older, unsupported versions)—