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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2022-22970

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

In Spring Framework versions 5.2.0 through 5.2.21, 5.3.0 through 5.3.19, and older unsupported versions, applications that handle file uploads are vulnerable to DoS attacks if they rely on data binding to set a "MultipartFile" or "javax.servlet.Part" to a "field" in a model object.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published