Nepxion Discovery vulnerable to SpEL Injection leading to Remote Code Execution
Nepxion Discovery is a solution for Spring Cloud. Discovery is vulnerable to SpEL Injection in discovery-commons. DiscoveryExpressionResolver’s eval method is evaluating expression with a StandardEvaluationContext, allowing the expression to reach and interact with Java classes such as java.lang.Runtime, leading to Remote Code Execution. There is no patch available for this issue at time of publication. There are no known workarounds.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.nepxion:discovery | <= 6.16.2 | no fix |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-917- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
com.nepxion:discovery- Disclosed
- 25.09.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:20
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-q979-9m39-23mq - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.nepxion:discovery
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 2
- First → latest
- 09.2022 09.2022
- Without a fix
- 2
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 1
- Medium 1
Disclosures per year
- 2022: 2
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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