CVE-2019-11272
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".
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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".
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 1.38% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-522
- Affected
- vmware/spring security · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@pivotal.io
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.