CVE-2018-1273: VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 25 Mar 2022, 1,444 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

97%

EPSS score, percentile 99.9 of all scored records

How severe?

9.8 Critical

CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record

What should I do?

CISA deadline 15 Apr 2022. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• Versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 15 April 2022.

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1273

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

Spring Data Commons contains a property binder vulnerability which can allow an attacker to perform remote code execution.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2018-1273 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 25 Mar 2022.
• CISA marks it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 15 Apr 2022.
• The CVE record was published on 11 Apr 2018, 1,444 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 97% (percentile 99.9), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

Spring Data Commons, versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions, contain a property binder vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of special elements. An unauthenticated remote malicious user (or attacker) can supply specially crafted request parameters against Spring Data REST backed HTTP resources or using Spring Data's projection-based request payload binding hat can lead to a remote code execution attack.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-94: Code Injection

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

References

• [ignite-dev] 20180719 [CVE-2018-1273] Apache Ignite impacted by security vulnerability in Spring Data Commons
• oracle.com
• pivotal.io

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