CVE-2021-22119

HIGH

Spring Security 5.2.0-5.2.10, 5.3.0-5.3.9, 5.4.0-5.4.6, 5.5.0 - Denial of Service via OAuth 2.0 Authorization Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-22119. PoCs published by mari6274.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2021-22119, demonstrating a DoS attack against a Spring OAuth2 client by flooding the `/oauth2/authorization/github` endpoint with concurrent requests. The exploit uses multiple threads to send repeated HTTP requests, potentially exhausting server resources.

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by mari6274 · poc
https://github.com/mari6274/oauth-client-exploit

The repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2021-22119, demonstrating a DoS attack against a Spring OAuth2 client by flooding the `/oauth2/authorization/github` endpoint with concurrent requests. The exploit uses multiple threads to send repeated HTTP requests, potentially exhausting server resources.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Spring OAuth2 Client (specific version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target OAuth2 client endpoint
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0490
EPSS Percentile 89.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-863
Status published
Products (4)
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_policy 1.14.0
org.springframework.security/spring-security-core 5.5.0 - 5.5.1Maven
org.springframework.security/spring-security-oauth2-client 5.5.0 - 5.5.1Maven
vmware/spring_security 5.2.0 - 5.2.11
Published Jun 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026