CVE-2022-22969

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    CVE-2022-22969

    Published: 21 Apr 2022Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: <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.

    References: https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22969, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/22xxx/CVE-2022-22969.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22969

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d0e52d269f1fd921eb4e2c1d05e598c697386f69
    Fixed -879547b719228e97713952a9218d8edfa545cc05

    Affected versions

    2.5.1.RELEASE
    2.5.0.RELEASE

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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