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SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (GHSA-2ppp-9496-p23q)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409022

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Spring Security versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4, 5.1.x prior to 5.1.10, 5.0.x prior to
 5.0.16 and 4.2.x prior to 4.2.16 use a fixed null initialization vector with CBC Mode in the
 implementation of the queryable text encryptor. A malicious user with access to the data that has been
 encrypted using such an encryptor may be able to derive the unencrypted values using a dictionary attack.
 (CVE-2020-5408)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2ppp-9496-p23q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409022

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5408

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5408