General information

This article contains information related to the remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Spring, CVE-2022-22965 and CVE-2022-22963.

These CVEs were reported the 31/3 and Nexus security team has been investigating this closely since they became official.

The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform.

Official sites for the CVEs:

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22965
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22963

The Nexus Security team has investigated the impact of the Spring related CVEs (CVE-2022-22963 and CVE-2022-22965), and the possible impact on our components. The component specific information can be seen in the table below.

Nexus components

This list contains the components from Nexus, and their respective affected versions.

Component	Affected versions CVE-2022-22965	Affected versions CVE-2022-22963	Comment
Smart ID Certificate Manager	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Nexus OCSP Responder	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Nexus Timestamp Server	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Smart ID Desktop App/Client	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Smart ID Mobile App	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Nexus Card SDK	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Smart ID Physical Access	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Smart ID Digital Access (previously named Hybrid Access Gateway – HAG)	Not affected	Not affected	Does not use Spring
Smart ID Identity Manager/PRIME	Versions running on JRE11 are potentially affected, but not exploitable. For PRIME version 3.12 and below, they are affected only if you choose to run them with JRE 11 instead of JRE 8.	Not affected (does not use spring-cloud-functions)	The underlying source code of this component filters correctly for the content type. Additionally, unmarshalling from URL encoded data to form data is not used in the program code. To have an adequate protection we strongly recommend using Apache Tomcat version 10.0.20, 9.0.62, or 8.5.78 or above. For Smart ID on Docker versions 21.10.3 and 21.04.9, Apache Tomcat has been updated to the latest, non-vulnerable version.
Smart ID Self-Service (Angular/SpringBoot-based)	Versions running on JRE11 are potentially affected, but not exploitable. For PRIME version 3.12 and below, they are affected only if you choose to run them with JRE 11 instead of JRE 8.	Not affected (does not use spring-cloud-functions)	The underlying source code of this component filters correctly for the content type. Additionally, unmarshalling from URL encoded data to form data is not used in the program code. To have an adequate protection we strongly recommend using Apache Tomcat version 10.0.20, 9.0.62, or 8.5.78 or above. For Smart ID on Docker versions 21.10.3 and 21.04.9, Apache Tomcat has been updated to the latest, non-vulnerable version.
Smart ID Self-Service Legacy USSP (Wicket-based)	Versions running on JRE11 are potentially affected, but not exploitable. For PRIME version 3.12 and below, they are affected only if you choose to run them with JRE 11 instead of JRE 8.	Not affected (does not use spring-cloud-functions)	The underlying source code of this component filters correctly for the content type. Additionally, unmarshalling from URL encoded data to form data is not used in the program code. To have an adequate protection we strongly recommend using Apache Tomcat version 10.0.20, 9.0.62, or 8.5.78 or above. If you run on Docker, the new Apache Tomcat version will be included within the upcoming minor releases for all versions.
Smart ID Messaging component - Hermod	In Hermod 3.3.3 Spring Boot has been updated to ensure that no version is affected by the Spring4Shell vulnerability.	Not affected	Recommendation from Nexus is for you as a customer to verify if you have deployed a plain WAR file in tomcat.
Nexus ID06 Service	Not affected	Not affected	Services patched
Nexus Go Cards	Not affected	Not affected	Services patched

Latest update date of this article

2022-04-19

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