Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via initiation of Authorization Request in Spring Security OAuth 2.0 Client Web and WebFlux Application

CRITICAL | JUNE 28, 2021 | CVE-2021-22119

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. This vulnerability exposes OAuth 2.0 Client applications that use HttpSessionOAuth2AuthorizationRequestRepository (Servlet) and WebSessionOAuth2ServerAuthorizationRequestRepository (Reactive).

Affected Spring Products and Versions

Spring Security:

  • 5.5.0 - 5.5.0
  • 5.4.0 - 5.4.6
  • 5.3.0.RELEASE - 5.3.9.RELEASE
  • 5.2.10.RELEASE and earlier

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.
Fix versionAvailability
5.5.1OSS
5.4.7OSS
5.3.10.RELEASEOSS
5.2.11.RELEASEOSS

No further mitigation steps are necessary.

Credit

This issue was identified and responsibly reported by Craig Andrews (github.com/candrews).

History

  • 2021-06-28: Initial vulnerability report published.

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