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CVE-2022-46166

8.0 · HIGH

Spring boot admins is an open source administrative user interface for management of spring boot applications.

Published Dec 9, 2022CWE-94EPSS 1.57%

Overview

CVE-2022-46166 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 9, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75GitHubgithub.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6GitHubgithub.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/commit/c14c3ec12533f71f84de9ce3ce5ceb7991975f75GitHubgithub.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46166?

CVE-2022-46166 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 9, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2022-46166?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-46166?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2022-46166?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2022-46166 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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