{"id":"CVE-2022-22969","aliases":["GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22969","summary":"Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth2","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.","published":"2022-04-21T18:16:02Z","modified":"2026-08-27T03:49:41.434991812Z","cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2","fixedVersion":"2.5.2.RELEASE"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2","fixedVersion":"2.4.2.RELEASE"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22969"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/22xxx/CVE-2022-22969.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22969"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-27T03:49:41.434991812Z"}}