CVE-2019-11272
HIGH7.3EPSS 0.41%libspring-security-2.0-java - security update
Published: 6/27/2019Modified: 3/9/2026
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?.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/libspring-security-2.0-javafrom 0, < 2.0.7.RELEASE-3+deb8u2
- Maven/org.springframework.security:spring-security-casfrom 0, < 4.2.13.RELEASE
- Maven/org.springframework.security:spring-security-corefrom 0, < 4.2.13
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |