CVE-2022-22970 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-770 vulnerability in org.springframework:spring-beans. A fix is available for org.springframework:spring-beans — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Denial of service in Spring Framework
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2022-22970.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
org.springframework:spring-beans☕org.springframework:spring-beansReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
In spring framework versions prior to 5.3.20+ , 5.2.22+ and old unsupported versions, applications that handle file uploads are vulnerable to DoS attack if they rely on data binding to set a MultipartFile or javax.servlet.Part to a field in a model object.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.springframework:spring-beans | all versions | 5.2.22.RELEASEorg.springframework:spring-beans:5.2.22.RELEASE |
| ☕Maven | org.springframework:spring-beans | ≥ 5.3.0&&< 5.3.20 | 5.3.20org.springframework:spring-beans:5.3.20 |
Affected Products
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Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.springframework:spring-beans, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.springframework:spring-beans to 5.2.22.RELEASE or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-22970 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| AMQ Broker 7.10.3 | springframework | RHSA-2023:3185 |
| AMQ Broker 7.11.0 | see advisory | RHSA-2023:1661 |
| Red Hat Fuse 7.11 | springframework | RHSA-2022:5532 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-22970 in your dependencies?
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