CVE-2021-22097

moderate-risk
Published 2021-10-28

In Spring AMQP versions 2.2.0 - 2.2.18 and 2.3.0 - 2.3.10, the Spring AMQP Message object, in its toString() method, will deserialize a body for a message with content type application/x-java-serialized-object. It is possible to construct a malicious java.util.Dictionary object that can cause 100% CPU usage in the application if the toString() method is called.

Do I need to act?

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0.43% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22097
Vendor Advisory https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22097
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal