CVE-2022-27772

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-668

Description

spring-boot versions prior to version v2.2.11.RELEASE was vulnerable to temporary directory hijacking. This vulnerability impacted the org.springframework.boot.web.server.AbstractConfigurableWebServerFactory.createTempDir method. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products and/or versions that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Affected products

Spring Boot: before 2.2.11 — fixed in 2.2.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Boot 2.2.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-cm59-pr5q-cw85
https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-cm59-pr5q-cw85

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