PT-2022-20890 · Spring · Spring Security

Klopfdreh + 1 · Published 2022-10-31 · Updated 2026-03-31 · CVE-2022-31690

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Spring Security versions 5.6 through 5.6.8 Spring Security versions 5.7 through 5.7.4

Description The issue allows a malicious user or attacker to modify a request initiated by the Client to the Authorization Server, potentially leading to a privilege escalation on the subsequent approval. This can occur if the Authorization Server responds with an OAuth2 Access Token Response containing an empty scope list, as per RFC 6749, Section 5.1, on the subsequent request to the token endpoint to obtain the access token.

Recommendations For Spring Security versions 5.6 through 5.6.8, update to version 5.6.9 or later. For Spring Security versions 5.7 through 5.7.4, update to version 5.7.5 or later.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-31690

GHSA-32VJ-V39G-JH23

RHSA-2023:1655

Affected Products

Spring Security

References · 10

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31690 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31690 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31690 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31690 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31690 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-31690 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-32vj-v39g-jh23 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security-samples/blob/4638e1e428ee2ddab234199eb3b67b9c94dfa08b/servlet/spring-boot/java/oauth2/webclient/src/main/java/example/SecurityConfiguration.java#L48 · Note
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0010 · Note
• https://twitter.com/herodevs/status/2038973425130041412 · Twitter Post