CVE-2022-22950 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Spring Framework
Attackers can cause denial of service in Spring Framework applications by submitting specially crafted SpEL expressions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-22950?
CVE-2022-22950 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Spring Framework, published on 1 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22950?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework:spring-expression. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework:spring-expression Maven | All versions | 5.2.20.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-expression Maven | All versions | 5.2.20.RELEASE |
org.springframework:spring-expression Maven | From 5.3.0 | 5.3.17 |
org.springframework:spring-expression Maven | From 5.3.0 | 5.3.17 |
Products include Vmware Spring Framework.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22950?
Upgrade org.springframework:spring-expression to a fixed version for your release line: 5.2.20.RELEASE or 5.3.17.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-22950 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22950 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-47890 Spring Framework Server Sent Event stream corruption while rendering fragments
- CVE-2026-47891 Spring Framework maxInMemorySize Bypassed in Jaxb2Decoder
- CVE-2026-47892 Spring Framework Header Predicate Bypass in WebFlux Functional Endpoints
- CVE-2026-59313 Server Sent Event stream corruption in Spring MVC functional web framework
Sources
Also known as CLSA-2026-1774916754, CLSA-2026-1776040408, CLSA-2026-1793103567, CLSA-2026-1793107019, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22950, GHSA-558x-2xjg-6232 and 2 more.