Code Injection in Spring products - CVE-2022-31691
Published: May 31, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76705
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31691
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Spring
Affected software:
Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse
Cloudfoundry Manifest YML Support for VSCode
Bosh Editor for VSCode
Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse
Cloudfoundry Manifest YML Support for VSCode
Bosh Editor for VSCode
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-31691
Install updates from vendor's website.