CVE-2022-22950

spring-expression: Denial of service via specially crafted SpEL expression

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

n Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 - 5.3.16 and older unsupported versions, it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL expression that may cause a denial of service condition.

En Spring Framework versiones 5.3.0 - 5.3.16 y en las versiones anteriores no soportadas, es posible que un usuario proporcione una expresión SpEL especialmente diseñada que puede causar una condición de denegación de servicio

A flaw was found in the Spring Framework. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a special Spring Expression, causing a denial of service.

Red Hat support for Spring Boot provides an application platform that reduces the complexity of developing and operating applications for OpenShift as a containerized platform. This release of Red Hat support for Spring Boot 2.7.2 serves as a replacement for Red Hat support for Spring Boot 2.5.12, and includes security, bug fixes and enhancements. For more information, see the release notes listed in the References section. Issues addressed include denial of service and deserialization vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-01-10 CVE Reserved
2022-04-01 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22950	2022-06-22
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22950	2022-12-14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2069414	2022-12-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Spring Framework Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Spring Framework"				< 5.2.20 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Spring Framework" and version " < 5.2.20"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Spring Framework Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Spring Framework"				>= 5.3.0 < 5.3.17 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Spring Framework" and version " >= 5.3.0 < 5.3.17"		-		Affected