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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2022-22963 EUVD-2022-1654GHSA-6v73-fgf6-w5j7

Spring Cloud Function Code Injection with a specially crafted SpEL as a routing expression

Published Apr 1, 2022 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by vmware

Package: org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-function-context Ecosystem: Maven

Description

In Spring Cloud Function versions 3.1.6, 3.2.2 and older unsupported versions, when using routing functionality it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression that may result in remote code execution and access to local resources.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Spring Cloud Function Spring Cloud Function versions 3.1.6, 3.2.2 and all old and unsupported versions —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Serverless 1 openshift-serverless-clients 1.0.1-2.el8 RHSA-2022:1291

Public exploits

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Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 30 repositories · most starred shown

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-function-context >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.3 3.2.3 GHSA-6v73-fgf6-w5j7
Maven org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-function-context < 3.1.7 3.1.7 GHSA-6v73-fgf6-w5j7

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