Indeni’s response to Spring4Shell 

Notice: This blog post was originally published on Indeni before its acquisition by BlueCat.

The content reflects the expertise and perspectives of the Indeni team at the time of writing. While some references may be outdated, the insights remain valuable. For the latest updates and solutions, explore the rest of our blog

On March 29th, 2022, a remote code execution vulnerability in Spring Cloud Foundation was published. The vulnerability is known as Spring4Shell, tracked as CVE-2022-22965. Researchers believe that the vulnerability affects Spring Core on JDK (Java Development Kit) 9 and above. Today, the vulnerability was upgraded to critical. 

Our engineering team was immediately engaged and confirmed that Indeni is not vulnerable to this issue. The Indeni product does not use JDK 9, nor springframework. If you have additional questions related to Spring4Shell, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Key Takeaways
  • CVE-2022-22965, known as Spring4Shell, is a remote code execution vulnerability in Spring Cloud Foundation.
  • The vulnerability primarily affects Spring Core applications running on JDK 9 and above.
  • Spring4Shell has been classified as a critical severity vulnerability.
  • Indeni is not affected because it does not use JDK 9 or the Spring Framework.
  • Engineering teams have validated that the Indeni product is not vulnerable to Spring4Shell.

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Ulrica de Fort-Menares is the Vice President of Product Management for Infrastructure Assurance.

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