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".
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1848-1 libspring-security-2.0-java security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-0562 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".
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5 Insufficiently Protected Credentials and Improper Authentication in Spring Security
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: pivotal

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Updated: 2024-09-16T19:25:59.208Z

Reserved: 2019-04-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-11272

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-06-26T14:15:09.980

Modified: 2025-09-12T19:44:04.127

Link: CVE-2019-11272

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-07-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-11272 - Bugzilla

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