Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Shiro when forwarding or including via RequestDispatcher
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Apache Shiro before 1.10.0, Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Shiro when forwarding or including via RequestDispatcher.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03615 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Apache Shiro (Apache Software Foundation): 1.10.0org.apache.shiro:shiro-core (Maven): 1.10.0Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Shiro | Apache Shiro to before 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.apache.shiro:shiro-core (Maven) | before 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 | Patch available | GHSA-45x9-q6vj-cqgq |
- Apache Shiro VendorApache Affected Apache Shiro to before 1.10.0 Fixed in 1.10.0 Patch available CNA
- org.apache.shiro:shiro-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.10.0 Fixed in 1.10.0 Patch available GHSA-45x9-q6vj-cqgq
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Shiro (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 1.10.0
- Fix · GHSA-45x9-q6vj-cqgq org.apache.shiro:shiro-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.10.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Integration Camel K 1
- Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-40664
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-45x9-q6vj-cqgq
References
Advisory 6
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/loc2ktxng32xpy7lfwxto13k4lvnhjwg
- [oss-security] 20221011 CVE-2022-40664: Apache Shiro: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Shiro when forwarding or including via RequestDispatcher
- [oss-security] 20221012 Re: CVE-2022-40664: Apache Shiro: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Shiro when forwarding or including via RequestDispatcher
- [oss-security] 20221012 Re: CVE-2022-40664: Apache Shiro: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Shiro when forwarding or including via RequestDispatcher
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221118-0005/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40664
More Apache Shiro vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-03813 Apache Shiro before 1.2.5, when a cipher key has not been configured for the "remember… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-13272 Improper authentication in Apache Shiro CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-18132 Improper authentication in Apache Shiro CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-14167 Authentication bypass in Apache Shiro CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09649 Improper authentication in Apache Shiro CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10910 Apache Shiro before 1.6.0, when using Apache Shiro, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-40664 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-40664 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-45x9-q6vj-cqgq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-40664 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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