CVE-2022-22969
Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth2
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.59%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-22969
To remediate CVE-2022-22969, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.5.2.RELEASE or later
Is CVE-2022-22969 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.5.0.RELEASE, < 2.5.2.RELEASE
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |