CVE-2021-22118

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Spring Framework, versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.15 and versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, a WebFlux application is vulnerable to a privilege escalation: by (re)creating the temporary storage directory, a locally authenticated malicious user can read or modify files that have been uploaded to the WebFlux application, or overwrite arbitrary files with multipart request data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269 CWE-668

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Spring Framework	Spring Framework versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.15 and versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210713-0005/Third Party Advisory
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22118Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210713-0005/Third Party Advisory
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22118Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 27, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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