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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-31679

Applications that allow HTTP PATCH access to resources exposed by Spring Data REST in versions 3.6.0 - 3.5.5, 3.7.0 - 3.7.2, and older unsupported versions, if an attacker knows about the structure of the underlying domain model, they can craft HTTP requests that expose hidden entity attributes.

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CVE-2022-31679
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5 Nov 2026, 00:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-31679

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Sept 2022, 17:42 UTC

Applications that allow HTTP PATCH access to resources exposed by Spring Data REST in versions 3.6.0 - 3.5.5, 3.7.0 - 3.7.2, and older unsupported versions, if an attacker knows about the structure of the underlying domain model, they can craft HTTP requests that expose hidden entity attributes.

osv:CVE-2022-31679
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31679",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Applications that allow HTTP PATCH access to resources exposed by Spring Data REST in versions 3.6.0 - 3.5.5, 3.7.0 - 3.7.2, and older unsupported versions, if an attacker knows about the structure of the underlying domain model, they can craft HTTP requests that expose hidden entity attributes.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-31679",
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    "severity": "low",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/31xxx/CVE-2022-31679.json",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 508231,
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}