SCA: security update for org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2 (GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413577

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- <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.
(CVE-2022-22969)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2cp-3xj9-97w9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413577

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22969

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22969

cwe: CWE-400