RCE in Codecentric Spring-Boot-Admin
CVE-2022-46166
Spring boot admins is an open source administrative user interface for management of spring boot applications. All users who run Spring Boot Admin Server, having enabled Notifiers (e.g. Teams-Notifier) and write access to environment variables via UI are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent releases of Spring Boot Admin 2.6.10 and 2.7.8 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable any notifier or disable write access (POST request) on `/env` actuator endpoint.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Codecentric Spring-Boot-Admin — versions < 2.6.10
- Codecentric Spring Boot Admin — versions 3.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-46166?
- CVE-2022-46166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Codecentric Spring-Boot-Admin, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-12-09.
- How severe is CVE-2022-46166?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-46166 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.