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SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core, org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-client (GHSA-w9jg-gvgr-354m)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419840

Description

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

 - Spring Security versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.1, 5.4.x prior to 5.4.7, 5.3.x prior to 5.3.10 and 5.2.x prior
 to 5.2.11 are susceptible to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via the initiation of the Authorization
 Request in an OAuth 2.0 Client Web and WebFlux 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 or multiple sessions. (CVE-2021-22119)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9jg-gvgr-354m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419840

Version: Revision 1.4

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 7/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22119