CVE-2019-11272
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 1%
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".
Products: Spring Security
Fixed upstream
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas | 4.2.13.RELEASE |
| Maven | org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | 4.2.13 |
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 8 | libspring-security-2.0-java | 2.0.7.RELEASE-3+deb8u2 |