SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (GHSA-3533-rvpc-6x56)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409292

Description

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

- 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.
(CVE-2012-5055)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3533-rvpc-6x56

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409292

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5055

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5055

BID: 56880

cwe: CWE-200