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Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2022 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2022-22950

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in Spring Framework. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 36.9% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)36.9%top 1.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

n Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.16 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial of service condition.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libspring-javano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-22950
Debian:13libspring-javano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-22950
Debian:14libspring-javano fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-22950
Mavenorg.springframework:spring-expression5.2.20.RELEASEGHSA-558x-2xjg-6232
Mavenorg.springframework:spring-expression5.3.17GHSA-558x-2xjg-6232
Ubuntu:25.10libspring-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22950
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibspring-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22950
Ubuntu:26.10libspring-javano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22950

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Spring Framework Spring Framework versions 5.3.X prior to 5.3.17+ and all old and unsupported versions

Weakness: CWE-770

References