{"id":"CVE-2022-22969","details":"\u003cIssue Description\u003e 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.","aliases":["GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9"],"modified":"2026-08-27T03:49:41.434991812Z","published":"2022-04-21T18:16:02Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/22xxx/CVE-2022-22969.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"\u003caffected versions\u003e Spring Security OAuth 2.5.x prior to 2.5.2 and older unsupported versions"},{"last_affected":"\u003caffected versions\u003e Spring Security OAuth 2.5.x prior to 2.5.2 and older unsupported versions"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}],"cna_assigner":"vmware"},"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"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/spring-attic/spring-security-oauth","events":[{"introduced":"d0e52d269f1fd921eb4e2c1d05e598c697386f69"},{"fixed":"879547b719228e97713952a9218d8edfa545cc05"},{"introduced":"b7208d2a8134d64f95e128f2e016a2bb85dd9556"},{"fixed":"db9a73e074239935bbe8a3496fe3f244b4758d4e"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring_security_oauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.4.0"},{"fixed":"2.4.2"},{"introduced":"2.5.0"},{"fixed":"2.5.2"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"versions":["2.5.1.RELEASE","2.5.0.RELEASE","2.4.1.RELEASE","2.4.0.RELEASE"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-22969.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}