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VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Vulnerability

VMware Tanzu · Spring Data Commons

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 96% no public exploit indexed ransomware Fix deadline passed 15 April 2022

What it is

Spring Data Commons contains a property binder vulnerability which can allow an attacker to perform remote code execution.

Why we say that

  • Linked by CISA to known ransomware campaigns
  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 96%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-04-15) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. This vulnerability is used in ransomware campaigns; here is what ransomware has cost UK organisations at the regulator.

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