CVE-2019-11272: Insufficiently Protected Credentials and Improper Authentication in Spring Security

CVE-2019-11272 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2019-06-27

Insufficiently Protected Credentials and Improper Authentication in Spring Security

Technologies: org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2019-11272 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-11272 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2019-11272?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 27 June 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.13.RELEASE; org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.13.
Is there a fix for CVE-2019-11272?
Yes. org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas (Maven): upgrade to 4.2.13.RELEASE or later; org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven): upgrade to 4.2.13 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2019-11272?
Check whether you run org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas (Maven) or org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas (Maven): upgrade to 4.2.13.RELEASE or later
    # set org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas to 4.2.13.RELEASE in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven): upgrade to 4.2.13 or later
    # set org.springframework.security:spring-security-core to 4.2.13 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.13.RELEASE
  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.13

Identifiers

  • CVE-2019-11272
  • GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5

This page as Markdown. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link back.