PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords that are null
CVE-2019-11272

7.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Spring

Status
Spring Security
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 June 2019

What is CVE-2019-11272?

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 Version(s)

Spring Security 4.2 < 4.2.13.RELEASE

References

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg0...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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