CVE-2021-22096
Telemetry drift only. No threshold crossed and no authority ruling changed.
CVE record, CISA KEV and EPSS as of 2026-10-18.
CVEs like this one computed, by meaning
What to do now held facts and links
- No fix version is held. The CNA's first reference is the place to look: tanzu.vmware.com
- Record your decision, dated and frozen with today's evidence: patch by a date · mitigated by a compensating control · deferred · accepted the risk · not affected
- Check your version against the ranges this record publishes.
What it is stated by the CNA
In Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.10, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide malicious input to cause the insertion of additional log entries.
- weakness
- CWE-117: Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
- affected
- n/a Spring Framework
- published ranges
- vmware spring framework >= 5.2.0 <= 5.2.17; vmware spring framework >= 5.3.0 <= 5.3.10; oracle communications cloud native core console 1.9.0; oracle communications cloud native core service communication proxy 1.15.0
- fixed in
- No fix version in held sources.
- fixed by package (from OSV advisories)
- org.springframework:spring (Maven): 5.2.18; 5.3.11 GHSA-rfmp-97jj-h8m6org.springframework:spring-core (Maven): 5.2.18; 5.3.11 GHSA-rfmp-97jj-h8m6
- later fixes (from OSV advisories)
- spring 5.3.11 is inside a range CVE-2023-20860 (GHSA-7phw-cxx7-q9vq) lists as affected. That advisory is fixed in 5.3.26.spring-core 5.2.18 is inside a range CVE-2021-22060 (GHSA-6gf2-pvqw-37ph) lists as affected. That advisory is fixed in 5.2.19.spring-core 5.3.11 is inside a range CVE-2021-22060 (GHSA-6gf2-pvqw-37ph) lists as affected. That advisory is fixed in 5.3.14.
- assigned by
- vmware
- published
- 2021-10-28
Exploit code held, dated
- exploit code
- None held in the PoC-in-GitHub feed. A public repository changes this brief.
What moved held, dated
| date | EPSS | event |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2021 | 0.00416 | |
| 25 Nov 2021 | 0.00624 | |
| 6 Jan 2022 | 0.02742 | |
| 4 Feb 2022 | 0.04499 | |
| 7 Mar 2023 | 0.00076 | scoring model v2023.03.01 |
| 17 Mar 2025 | 0.00239 | scoring model v2025.03.14 |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 0.00221 | |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 0.01268 | scoring model v2026.06.15 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 0.01363 | |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0.01352 |
30 observations held. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the measurement was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed.
Outside the record researched, cited
This section reads the record's references and adds cited findings from outside it. It needs an account. Everything above is held facts and is complete without it.
What would change this brief held, dated
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the catalogue we hold. A listing changes this brief.
- exploit probability
- 0.01 on 2026-10-12 (FIRST's EPSS, a probability and not evidence of exploitation). Next band line: 10% (0.10). Crossing a line changes this brief.
- fix
- No fix version is held. One published by the CNA or OSV changes this brief.
How to check this
Every value above is held with two dates: when it was true upstream (as_of) and when we recorded it (tx_from). Re-derive the exploit probability as it stood on any date:
SELECT value, source, source_version, as_of, tx_from
FROM volatile_valid_as_of('CVE-2021-22096', '2026-11-01T23:59:59.999999Z', now());