CVE-2021-22112
Privilege escalation in spring security
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.98%
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-22112
To remediate CVE-2021-22112, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.4.4 or later
- —upgrade to 5.4.4 or later
Is CVE-2021-22112 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.4
- >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |