Improper Authentication Affecting org.springframework.security:spring-security-core package, versions [4.2.0.RELEASE,4.2.13.RELEASE)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (34th percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
7.3 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKSECURITY-450242
  • published 21 Jun 2019
  • disclosed 19 Jun 2019
  • credit Tim Buthe, Daniel Neagaru

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-core to version 4.2.13.RELEASE or higher.

Overview

org.springframework.security:spring-security-core is a package that provides security services for the Spring IO Platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. The affected 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.