CVE-2022-22976

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Spring Security versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.7, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.4, and earlier unsupported versions contain an integer overflow vulnerability. When using the BCrypt class with the maximum work factor (31), the encoder does not perform any salt rounds, due to an integer overflow error. The default settings are not affected by this CVE.

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
Oracle Financial Services Crime And Compliance Management Studio: 8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0
Spring Security: from 5.2.1 before 5.5.7; from 5.6.0 before 5.6.4; 5.2.0 — fixed in 5.5.7, 5.6.4
Spring Security: from Spring Security versions 5.5.x prior through 5.5.7, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.4, and earlier unsupported versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Security 5.5.7, 5.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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