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CVE-2022-22969

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

• Oracle Communications Design Studio: 7.4.2
• Pivotal Spring Security Oauth: from 2.4.0 before 2.4.2; from 2.5.0 before 2.5.2 — fixed in 2.4.2, 2.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pivotal Spring Security Oauth 2.4.2, 2.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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