CVE-2021-22053
Code injection in spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard
Applications using both spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard and spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf expose a way to execute code submitted within the request URI path during the resolution of view templates. When a request is made at /hystrix/monitor;[user-provided data], the path elements following hystrix/monitor are being evaluated as SpringEL expressions, which can lead to code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Applications using both spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard and spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf expose a way to execute code submitted within the request URI path during the resolution of view templates. When a request is made at /hystrix/monitor;[user-provided data], the path elements following hystrix/monitor are being evaluated as SpringEL expressions, which can lead to code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-22053- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Applications using both spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard and spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf expose a way to execute code submitted within the request URI path during the resolution of view templates. When a request is made at /hystrix/monitor;[user-provided data], the path elements following hystrix/monitor are being evaluated as SpringEL expressions, which can lead to code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-22053- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-2352 No score
Applications using both spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard and spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf expose a way to execute code submitted within the request URI path during the resolution of view templates. When a request is made at /hystrix/monitor;[user-provided data], the path elements following hystrix/monitor are being evaluated as SpringEL expressions, which can lead to code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2021-2352- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gx3f-hq7p-8fxv
Code injection in spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard
Applications using the spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard expose a way to execute code submitted within the request URI path during the resolution of view templates. When a request is made at /hystrix/monitor;[user-provided data], the path elements following hystrix/monitor are being evaluated as SpringEL expressions, which can lead to code execution.
- Record
GHSA-gx3f-hq7p-8fxv- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Applications using both spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard and spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf expose a way to execute code submitted within the request URI path during the resolution of view templates. When a request is made at /hystrix/monitor;[user-provided data], the path elements following hystrix/monitor are being evaluated as SpringEL expressions, which can lead to code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-22053- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-gx3f-hq7p-8fxv
Code injection in spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard
Applications using the spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard expose a way to execute code submitted within the request URI path during the resolution of view templates. When a request is made at /hystrix/monitor;[user-provided data], the path elements following hystrix/monitor are being evaluated as SpringEL expressions, which can lead to code execution.
- Record
GHSA-gx3f-hq7p-8fxv- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboardMaven |
through 2.2.9.RELEASE | 2.2.10.RELEASE |
org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboardMaven |
before 2.2.10.RELEASE, plus listed versions 1.0.0.RELEASE1.0.1.RELEASE1.0.2.RELEASE1.0.3.RELEASE1.0.4.RELEASE Show 45 moreShow less1.0.6.RELEASE1.0.7.RELEASE1.1.0.RELEASE1.1.1.RELEASE1.1.2.RELEASE1.1.3.RELEASE1.1.4.RELEASE1.1.5.RELEASE1.1.6.RELEASE1.1.7.RELEASE1.2.0.RELEASE1.2.1.RELEASE1.2.2.RELEASE1.2.3.RELEASE1.2.4.RELEASE1.2.5.RELEASE1.2.6.RELEASE1.2.7.RELEASE1.3.0.RELEASE1.3.1.RELEASE1.3.2.RELEASE1.3.3.RELEASE1.3.4.RELEASE1.3.5.RELEASE1.3.6.RELEASE1.4.0.RELEASE1.4.1.RELEASE1.4.2.RELEASE1.4.3.RELEASE1.4.4.RELEASE1.4.5.RELEASE1.4.6.RELEASE1.4.7.RELEASE2.0.0.RELEASE2.0.1.RELEASE2.0.2.RELEASE2.0.3.RELEASE2.0.4.RELEASE2.1.0.RELEASE2.1.1.RELEASE2.1.2.RELEASE2.1.3.RELEASE2.1.4.RELEASE2.1.5.RELEASE2.1.6.RELEASE |
2.2.10.RELEASE |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Spring Cloud Netflix Hystrix Dashboard <2.2.10 - Remote Code Execution | |
| PoC in GitHub | SecCoder-Security-Lab/spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard-cve-2021-22053 | 2021-11-21 |
| PoC in GitHub | Vulnmachines/CVE-2021-22053 | 2021-11-22 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22053 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Spring By Vmware Cloud Netflix, published November 19, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.2%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard 2.2.10.RELEASE.
References
Left out here: 10 versions. The JSON record has them.