CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-5408
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-05-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-329, CWE-330
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• pivotal software spring security (>= 5.2.0 < 5.2.4)
• pivotal software spring security (>= 5.3.0 < 5.3.2)
• vmware spring security (>= 4.2.0 < 4.2.16)
• vmware spring security (>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.16)
• vmware spring security (>= 5.1.0 < 5.1.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (2)
References
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5408 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html www.oracle.com
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html www.oracle.com
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html www.oracle.com
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5408 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html www.oracle.com
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html www.oracle.com
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html www.oracle.com