CVE-2021-22118

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    CVE-2021-22118

    Published: 27 May 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 927b8c15ef20eaaa4002d4b2170cc536a6d6aa35
    Fixed -5d46ae91f02313ce755eb3e1c9164ee6b1468da8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2021-22118 | CVE-DB