Spring Boot Admins integrated notifier support allows arbitrary code execution
Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
Spring boot admins is an open source administrative user interface for management of spring boot applications. All users who run Spring Boot Admin Server, having enabled Notifiers (e.g. Teams-Notifier) and write access to environment variables via UI are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent releases of Spring Boot Admin 2.6.10 and 2.7.8 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable any notifier or disable write access (POST request) on `/env` actuator endpoint.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01567 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed spring-boot-admin (codecentric): 2.6.10de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven): 2.6.10, 2.7.8, 3.0.0-M6
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| codecentric | spring-boot-admin | before 2.6.10 | 2.6.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) | before 2.6.10 | 2.6.10 | Patch available | GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 |
| — | de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) | 2.7.0 to before 2.7.8 | 2.7.8 | Patch available | GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 |
| — | de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) | 3.0.0-M1 to before 3.0.0-M6 | 3.0.0-M6 | Patch available | GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 |
- spring-boot-admin Vendorcodecentric Affected before 2.6.10 Fixed in 2.6.10 Patch available CNA
- de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.10 Fixed in 2.6.10 Patch available GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6
- de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.8 Fixed in 2.7.8 Patch available GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6
- de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0-M1 to before 3.0.0-M6 Fixed in 3.0.0-M6 Patch available GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.6.10; 2.7.0 to before 2.7.8 | Vulnerable | codecentric |
| cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 m1 | Vulnerable | codecentric |
| cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 m2 | Vulnerable | codecentric |
| cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 m3 | Vulnerable | codecentric |
| cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m4:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 m4 | Vulnerable | codecentric |
| cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m5:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 m5 | Vulnerable | codecentric |
- cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.6.10; 2.7.0 to before 2.7.8 Vulnerable ·codecentric
- cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 m1 Vulnerable ·codecentric
- cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 m2 Vulnerable ·codecentric
- cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 m3 Vulnerable ·codecentric
- cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 m4 Vulnerable ·codecentric
- cpe:2.3:a:codecentric:spring_boot_admin:3.0.0:m5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 m5 Vulnerable ·codecentric
Remediation
- Fix · CNA spring-boot-admin (codecentric) Fixed in 2.6.10
- Fix · GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) Fixed in 2.6.10 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin (Maven) Fixed in 3.0.0-M6 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-46166
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6
References
More codecentric Spring Boot Admin vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-19687 Thymeleaf through 3.1.1.RELEASE, as used in spring-boot-admin (aka Spring Boot Admin)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-46166 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-46166 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w3x5-427h-wfq6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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