CVE-2022-46166

Spring Boot Admins integrated notifier support allows arbitrary code execution

Description

Spring boot admins is an open source administrative user interface for management of spring boot applications. All users who run Spring Boot Admin Server, having enabled Notifiers (e.g. Teams-Notifier) and write access to environment variables via UI are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent releases of Spring Boot Admin 2.6.10 and 2.7.8 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable any notifier or disable write access (POST request) on `/env` actuator endpoint.

Category

8.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 38.14% Top 5%
Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: codecentric spring-boot-admin
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 third party advisory mitigation
https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75 third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-46166?
CVE-2022-46166 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-46166?
To fix CVE-2022-46166, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-46166 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-46166 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~38% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-46166?
CVE-2022-46166 affects codecentric spring-boot-admin.
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