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Spring Data Rest CVE-2022-31679

LOW
2022-09-21 security@vmware.com
3.7
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Impact

CVSS score of 3.7 (LOW). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the low-severity affected system.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
Patch available 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

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. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Affected Packages

maven org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-core fix: 3.6.7, 3.7.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in maven

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Technical ContextAI · show details

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. Affected products include: Vmware Spring Data Rest.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 3.7 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

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.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63% exploitable
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Low

Priority Score

18
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +18
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_data_rest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-1273 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Apr 11

Spring Data Commons, versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions, contain a property

CVE-2017-8046 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Jan 04

Malicious PATCH requests submitted to servers using Spring Data REST versions prior to 2.6.9 (Ingalls SR9), versions pri

CVE-2018-1259 HIGH
7.5 May 11

Spring Data Commons, versions 1.13 prior to 1.13.12 and 2.0 prior to 2.0.7, used in combination with XMLBeam 1.4.14 or e

CVE-2026-41729 HIGH
8.1 Jun 10

Server-Side Expression Language (SpEL) injection in Spring Data REST allows authenticated remote attackers to execute ar

CVE-2018-1274 HIGH
7.5 Apr 18

Spring Data Commons, versions 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions, contain a property path par

CVE-2026-41728 HIGH
7.5 Jun 10

Authorization bypass in Spring Data REST's JSON Patch handler allows remote unauthenticated attackers to modify protecte

CVE-2026-47849 HIGH
7.1 Aug 27

Spring Data REST fails to protect entity identifier (@Id) and optimistic-locking version (@Version) fields from mutation

CVE-2026-41837 MEDIUM
5.3 Jun 10

Spring Data REST's Querydsl integration exposes arbitrary persistent entity property paths as request-parameter filter k

CVE-2026-41730 MEDIUM
5.3 Jun 10

Spring Data REST leaks persistence-layer internals - including database schema details, Hibernate/JPA exception messages

CVE-2021-22047 MEDIUM
5.3 Oct 28

In Spring Data REST versions 3.4.0 - 3.4.13, 3.5.0 - 3.5.5, and older unsupported versions, HTTP resources implemented b

CVE-2026-47850 MEDIUM
4.3 Aug 26

Spring Data REST's HTTP PUT handler silently drops the persisted `@Version` field when writing immutable aggregate root

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