What is CVE-2022-22979?

CVE-2022-22979 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Spring Cloud Function, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-22979?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-22979 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in VMware Spring Cloud Function

CVE-2022-22979

In Spring Cloud Function versions prior to 3.2.6, it is possible for a user who directly interacts with framework provided lookup functionality to cause a denial-of-service condition due to the caching issue in the Function Catalog component of the framework.

Published 2022-06-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

VMware Spring Cloud Function
Spring Cloud Function — versions Spring Cloud Function (prior to 3.2.6)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22979 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22979?: CVE-2022-22979 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Spring Cloud Function, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-22979?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-22979 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.