VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22119

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability6.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@vmware.com: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863

Primary references