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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22968

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.18, 5.2.0 - 5.2.20, and older unsupported versions, the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder are case sensitive which means a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including upper and lower case for the first character of all nested fields within the property path.

Products
libspring-java
Affected versions
4.3.30-2, 4.3.30-3, 4.3.30-4
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2022-22968
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22968

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Apr 2022, 21:15 UTC

In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.18, 5.2.0 - 5.2.20, and older unsupported versions, the patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder are case sensitive which means a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including upper and lower case for the first character of all nested fields within the property path.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22968

libspring-java

Fixed versions: Not specified

libspring-java

Fixed versions: Not specified

libspring-java

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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