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    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2022-22978",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Spring  Security",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "Spring Security versions 5.5.6 and 5.6.3 and older "
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-285: Improper Authorization"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978",
                "url": "https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22978"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/",
                "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0003/"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "In Spring Security versions 5.5.6 and 5.6.3 and older unsupported versions, RegexRequestMatcher can easily be misconfigured to be bypassed on some servlet containers. Applications using RegexRequestMatcher with `.` in the regular expression are possibly vulnerable to an authorization bypass"
            }
        ]
    }
}