CVE-2020-5408: Insufficient Entropy in Spring Security

CVE-2020-5408 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2020-06-15

Insufficient Entropy in Spring Security

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

Quick answers

Is CVE-2020-5408 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2020-5408 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2020-5408?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 15 June 2020.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.3.0,fixed=5.3.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2020-5408?
Yes. org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven): upgrade to 5.3.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2020-5408?
Check whether you run 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-core (Maven): upgrade to 5.3.2 or later
    # set org.springframework.security:spring-security-core to 5.3.2 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.3.0,fixed=5.3.2

Identifiers

  • CVE-2020-5408
  • GHSA-2ppp-9496-p23q

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