Code Injection in Spring products - CVE-2022-31691
Published: May 31, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76705
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31691
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing YAML filers. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted YAML file to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Bosh Editor for VSCode
Cloudfoundry Manifest YML Support for VSCode
Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse
Cloudfoundry Manifest YML Support for VSCode
Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse
How to mitigate CVE-2022-31691
Install updates from vendor's website.
Bosh Editor for VSCode - update to 1.40.0
Cloudfoundry Manifest YML Support for VSCode - update to 1.40.0
Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse - update to 4.16.1
Cloudfoundry Manifest YML Support for VSCode - update to 1.40.0
Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse - update to 4.16.1