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SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas, org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422944

Description

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

 - Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords
 using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is
 leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a null encoded password, a malicious user (or attacker)
 can authenticate using a password of "null". (CVE-2019-11272)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422944

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11272

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 6/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11272

BID: 108877