CVE-2022-22969

<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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - security@vmware.com

Published

2022-04-21

Last modified

2024-08-03

Affected products

• Communications Design Studio (Oracle)
• Spring Security Oauth (Pivotal)

References

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