CVE-2022-22970 — Denial of service in Spring Framework

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented mitigation — tanzu.vmware.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Maven Org.springframework:spring-beans: fixed in version 5.2.22.RELEASE — github.com (GitHub Security Advisories)
• Maven Org.springframework:spring-beans: fixed in version 5.3.20 — github.com (GitHub Security Advisories)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Brocade San Navigator, Netapp Cloud Secure Agent…).
2. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
3. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (denial of service), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 1.96%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Track CPU/memory spikes and availability drops correlated with request patterns.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 13, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisories
• Affected products added · maven/org.springframework:spring-beans
  Oct 13, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisories
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 5.3
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• 2022
• CVE published
  May 12, 2022 · vmware

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

8 on the record

• tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22970
  Mitigation, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/50177b1ad3485bd44239b1756f6c1
  GitHub Security Advisories
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220616-0006/
  Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22970
  GitHub Security Advisories
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-hh26-6xwr-ggv7
  GitHub Security Advisories
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220616-0006
  GitHub Security Advisories
• github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/83186b689f11f5e6efe7ccc08fdeb
  GitHub Security Advisories

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Low CVE-2026-59314 HTTP Response Splitting in Vmware Spring Framework Aug 27, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-59313 Spring MVC applications using the functional web framework are vulnerable to stream… Aug 27, 2026
• High CVE-2026-59282 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Vmware Spring Framework Aug 27, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-59281 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Vmware Spring Framework Aug 27, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-59283 Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources in Vmware Spring Framework Aug 27, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-59280 Path Traversal in Vmware Spring Framework Aug 27, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2022-22970 is "Denial of service in Spring Framework", rated Medium. It affects Active Iq Unified Manager (Netapp); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.3 describes technical severity. EPSS 1.96% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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