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CVE-2019-11272

UNKNOWN
Published 2019-06-26T14:06:15.312137Z
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Description

Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a null encoded password, a malicious user (or attacker) can authenticate using a password of "null".

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Spring

Spring Security

Affected Versions:

4.2

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Insufficiently Protected Credentials and Improper Authentication in Spring Security

GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5

Advisory Details

Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a null encoded password, a malicious user (or attacker) can authenticate using a password of ?null?.

Affected Packages

Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <4.2.13
Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <4.2.13.RELEASE

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11272
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html
WEB https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 27, 2019, Modified: June 9, 2021

References

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html
Published: 2019-06-26T14:06:15.312137Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T19:25:59.208Z
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