FKIE_CVE-2019-11272

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-06-26 14:15 - Updated: 2025-09-12 19:44
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
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".
References
security@pivotal.iohttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@pivotal.iohttps://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware spring_security *
debian debian_linux 8.0
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    },
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      "value": "Spring Security, versiones 4.2.x hasta 4.2.12, y versiones anteriores no compatibles admiten contrase\u00f1as de texto sin formato mediante PlaintextPasswordEncoder. Si una aplicaci\u00f3n que usa una versi\u00f3n afectada de Spring Security est\u00e1 aprovechando PlaintextPasswordEncoder y un usuario tiene una contrase\u00f1a codificada nula, un usuario malicioso (o atacante) puede identificarse usando  una contrase\u00f1a de \"null\"."
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  "lastModified": "2025-09-12T19:44:04.127",
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