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Medium · 6.5 Public exploit CVE-2022-22971 EUVD-2022-5219GHSA-rqph-vqwm-22vc

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Spring Framework

Published May 12, 2022 · Updated Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Description

In spring framework versions prior to 5.3.20+ , 5.2.22+ and old unsupported versions, application with a STOMP over WebSocket endpoint is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by an authenticated user.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Spring Framework Spring Framework versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.20, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.22 and all old and unsupported versions —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libspring-java No fix yet —
Debian 13 libspring-java No fix yet —
Debian 12 libspring-java No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libspring-java No fix yet —
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS libspring-java No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 jenkins 2.361.2-r0 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.springframework:spring-messaging >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.20 5.3.20 GHSA-rqph-vqwm-22vc
Maven org.springframework:spring-messaging < 5.2.22.RELEASE 5.2.22.RELEASE GHSA-rqph-vqwm-22vc

Advisories 11

References