Critical severity · published Oct 12, 2022
CVE-2022-40664
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Shiro when forwarding or including via RequestDispatcher
9.8
CVSS
3.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache Shiro before 1.10.0, Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Shiro when forwarding or including via RequestDispatcher.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.6% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Apache Shiro · Apache Software Foundation
Apache Shiro before 1.10.0 · source: vendor
SH
Shiro · Apache
before 1.10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40664
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40664
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/12/1
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/12/2
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/1
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/loc2ktxng32xpy7lfwxto13k4lvnhjwg
Broken Link
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221118-0005/
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