{"cve":"CVE-2022-22969","nvd":{"published":"2022-04-21T19:15:08.903","modified":"2026-06-17T04:29:16.173","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":[],"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"],"products":["oracle:communications_design_studio","pivotal:spring_security_oauth"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:30:03.577988018+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-22969","score":0.01253,"percentile":0.69472,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9","summary":"Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth2","modified":"2024-05-14T16:15:45.601106Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework.security.oauth/spring-security-oauth2","ranges":[">=2.5.0.RELEASE <2.5.2.RELEASE"],"fixed":["2.5.2.RELEASE"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework.security.oauth/spring-security-oauth2","ranges":[">=2.4.0.RELEASE <2.4.2.RELEASE"],"fixed":["2.4.2.RELEASE"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}