Hazard

Is CVE-2022-22963 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

VMware Tanzu Spring Cloud Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

VMware Tanzu · Spring Cloud

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 100% 1 public exploit Fix deadline passed 15 September 2022

What it is

When using routing functionality in VMware Tanzu's Spring Cloud Function, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression that may result in remote code execution and access to local resources.

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 100%
  • 1 public exploit published
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-09-15) 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.

Public exploit code

Indexed from Exploit-DB. Presence of code raises urgency; absence does not mean safety.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

All UK cases caused by unpatched software →