Spring4Shell — Cisco Cx Cloud Agent RCE
CVE-2022-22965
A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding. The specific exploit requires the application to run on Tomcat as a WAR deployment. If the application is deployed as a Spring Boot executable jar, i.e. the default, it is not vulnerable to the exploit. However, the nature of the vulnerability is more general, and there may be other ways to exploit it.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.996 (99.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Cx_cloud_agent
- Oracle Commerce_platform — versions 11.3.2
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_automated_test_suite — versions 1.9.0, 22.1.0
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function — versions 22.1.3
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_console — versions 1.9.0, 22.1.0
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_network_exposure_function — versions 22.1.0
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment — versions 1.10.0, 22.1.0
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function — versions 1.15.0, 22.1.0
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_network_slice_selection_function — versions 1.8.0, 1.15.0, 22.1.0
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_policy — versions 1.15.0, 22.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@vmware.com (x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (US Government Resource)
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-22965?
- CVE-2022-22965 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Cx Cloud Agent, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-01.
- How severe is CVE-2022-22965?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-22965 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2022-22965 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-04), indicating it is being actively exploited. 483 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.