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SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (GHSA-4644-hg35-55m9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409983

Description

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

 - Race condition in the RunAsManager mechanism in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.7 and 3.0.x
 before 3.0.6 stores the Authentication object in the shared security context, which allows attackers to
 gain privileges via a crafted thread. (CVE-2011-2731)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4644-hg35-55m9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409983

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2731

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2731

BID: 49538

cwe: CWE-362