GHSA-3533-rvpc-6x56 CVE-2012-5055
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Spring Security
- Severity
- Medium
- The publisher's own rating, not a CVSS score
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 1.95%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 80.24% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- Fix
2.0.8- Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-core to this version or later
Description
DaoAuthenticationProvider in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not check the password if the user is not found, which makes the response delay shorter and might allow remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of login requests.
Affected versions
Maven
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | < 2.0.8 |
2.0.8 |
| org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.8 |
3.0.8 |
| org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.3 |
3.1.3 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core Maven → 2.0.8
- maven
<dependency><groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId><artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId><version>2.0.8</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:2.0.8")
Weakness
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
References
Advisories
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-vxf7-qj7q-83fh Spring Security Vulnerable to User Attribute Enumeration when Using DaoAuthenticationProvider | Low | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
| GHSA-x2wq-9x2f-fhj7 Spring Security Core has a TOCTOU race condition when One-Time Token login with JdbcOneTimeTokenService is configured | Medium | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
| GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide | Medium | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
| GHSA-8v5q-rhf3-jphm Spring Security annotation detection mechanism has authorization bypass | High | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
| GHSA-9pp5-9c7g-4r83 Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on private methods | Critical | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
| GHSA-hh3m-g4qj-4835 Spring Security Vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via Security Annotations | Medium | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
| GHSA-q3v6-hm2v-pw99 Spring Framework has Authorization Bypass for Case Sensitive Comparisons | Medium | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
| GHSA-hmqf-wpq9-jq83 Spring Security Missing Authorization vulnerability | High | Also affects org.springframework.security:spring-security-core |
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