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Medium

Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth2

  • Disclosed: 22.04.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

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.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 >= 2.5.0.RELEASE, < 2.5.2.RELEASE, >= 2.4.0.RELEASE, < 2.4.2.RELEASE 2.5.2.RELEASE, 2.4.2.RELEASE

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2
Disclosed
22.04.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
10.2018 04.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 2
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. Denial of service in Spring Security OAuth2 this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2022-22969 >= 2.5.0.RELEASE, < 2.5.2.RELEASE, >= 2.4.0.RELEASE, < 2.4.2.RELEASE 2.5.2.RELEASE, 2.4.2.RELEASE
  2. spring-security-oauth and spring-security-oauth2 Open Redirect vulnerability
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2019-3778 < 2.0.17.RELEASE, >= 2.1.0.RELEASE, < 2.1.4.RELEASE, >= 2.2.0.RELEASE, < 2.2.4.RELEASE, >= 2.3.0.RELEASE, < 2.3.5.RELEASE 2.0.17.RELEASE, 2.1.4.RELEASE, 2.2.4.RELEASE, 2.3.5.RELEASE
  3. Authorization bypass in org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2
    High · 8.1 CVE-2018-15758 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.16, >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3.RELEASE, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4.RELEASE 2.0.16, 2.1.3, 2.2.3.RELEASE, 2.3.4.RELEASE
  4. Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via specially crafted request using whitelabel views
    High · 8.8 CVE-2016-4977 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10, >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.5 2.0.10, 1.0.5
  5. Spring Security OAuth vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE)
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-1260 >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.2, >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.2, >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.15, >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.5 2.3.3, 2.2.2, 2.1.2, 2.0.15

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