Vulnerability · Published Apr 21, 2022 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2022-22969

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spring Security OAuth. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

<Issue Description> Spring Security OAuth versions 2.5.x prior to 2.5.2 and older unsupported versions are susceptible to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via the initiation of the Authorization Request in an OAuth 2.0 Client application. A malicious user or attacker can send multiple requests initiating the Authorization Request for the Authorization Code Grant, which has the potential of exhausting system resources using a single session. This vulnerability exposes OAuth 2.0 Client applications only.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2	2.5.2.RELEASE	GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9
Maven	org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2	2.4.2.RELEASE	GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Spring Security OAuth	<affected versions> Spring Security OAuth 2.5.x prior to 2.5.2 and older unsupported versions

References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22969 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html x_refsource_MISC