Potential Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Nepxion Discovery
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Nepxion Discovery is a solution for Spring Cloud. Discovery is vulnerable to a potential Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). RouterResourceImpl uses RestTemplate’s getForEntity to retrieve the contents of a URL containing user-controlled input, potentially resulting in Information Disclosure. There is no patch available for this issue at time of publication. There are no known workarounds.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepxion | Discovery | 6.16.2 – 6.16.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.nepxion:discovery (Maven) | up to 6.16.2 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-hhxh-qphc-v423 |
- Discovery VendorNepxion Affected 6.16.2 – 6.16.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.nepxion:discovery (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 6.16.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-hhxh-qphc-v423
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23464
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hhxh-qphc-v423
References
More Nepxion Discovery vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-07523 SpEL Injection in Nepxion Discovery CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-23464 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23464 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hhxh-qphc-v423 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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