CVE-2026-47838 (GCVE-0-2026-47838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 23:50 – Updated: 2026-06-09 23:50
VLAI
Title
Unauthorized User Impersonation when Using X.509 Client Certificates
Summary
SubjectDnX509PrincipalExtractor does not correctly handle certain malformed X.509 certificate CN values, which can lead to reading the wrong value for the username. In a carefully crafted certificate, this can lead to an attacker impersonating another user.
Affected versions:
Spring Security 5.7.0 through 5.7.24; 5.8.0 through 5.8.26; 6.3.0 through 6.3.17; 6.4.0 through 6.4.17; 6.5.0 through 6.5.10.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Security |
Affected:
5.7.0 , < 5.7.25
(custom)
Affected: 5.8.0 , < 5.8.27 (custom) Affected: 6.3.0 , < 6.3.18 (custom) Affected: 6.4.0 , < 6.4.18 (custom) Affected: 6.5.0 , < 6.5.11 (custom) |
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