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CVE-2018-1273 VMware Tanzu CVE debrief

CVE-2018-1273 affects VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons and is listed by CISA as a Known Exploited Vulnerability. The supplied CISA record also marks it as associated with known ransomware campaign use, so any affected deployment should be treated as urgent remediation work.

Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Product
Spring Data Commons
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-03-25
Original CVE updated
2022-03-25
Advisory published
2022-03-25
Advisory updated
2022-03-25

Who should care

Security and platform teams running VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons, application owners using Spring-based services, vulnerability management teams, and incident responders responsible for exposed or internet-facing Java applications.

Technical summary

The source corpus describes this issue as a Spring Data Commons property binder vulnerability. The provided official sources do not include a CVSS score or affected-version range, so the safest defensive posture is to follow vendor remediation guidance, confirm whether the component is present in direct or transitive dependencies, and prioritize patching because CISA has added the CVE to KEV.

Defensive priority

High

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory all applications and services that use VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons, including transitive dependencies.
  • Apply vendor-recommended updates or mitigations as soon as possible.
  • Verify remediation in build artifacts, deployed containers, and runtime environments.
  • If the component cannot be updated immediately, isolate the affected service and reduce exposure until fixed.
  • Review logs and security telemetry for signs of suspicious activity related to the affected systems.
  • Use the CISA KEV due date (2022-04-15) as historical context for urgency; if still unremediated, treat it as immediate priority.

Evidence notes

CISA's KEV entry names the vendor as VMware Tanzu, the product as Spring Data Commons, the vulnerability as a property binder vulnerability, and records dateAdded 2022-03-25, dueDate 2022-04-15, knownRansomwareCampaignUse as Known, and requiredAction as 'Apply updates per vendor instructions.' The supplied notes point to the NVD detail page, and the official CVE.org and NVD links are included as reference sources. No CVSS score or affected-version range was provided in the corpus.

Official resources

Publicly disclosed and listed by CISA in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25, with remediation due 2022-04-15 in the source record.