CVE-2022-31692

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-639

Description

Spring Security, versions 5.7 prior to 5.7.5 and 5.6 prior to 5.6.9 could be susceptible to authorization rules bypass via forward or include dispatcher types. Specifically, an application is vulnerable when all of the following are true: The application expects that Spring Security applies security to forward and include dispatcher types. The application uses the AuthorizationFilter either manually or via the authorizeHttpRequests() method. The application configures the FilterChainProxy to apply to forward and/or include requests (e.g. spring.security.filter.dispatcher-types = request, error, async, forward, include). The application may forward or include the request to a higher privilege-secured endpoint.The application configures Spring Security to apply to every dispatcher type via authorizeHttpRequests().shouldFilterAllDispatcherTypes(true)

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
Spring Security: from 5.6.0 before 5.6.9; from 5.7.0 before 5.7.5 — fixed in 5.6.9, 5.7.5
Spring by VMware: through 5.7 to 5.7.4, 5.6 to 5.6.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Security 5.6.9, 5.7.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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