GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-293q-567p-wmwq Spring Security Vulnerable to Unauthorized User Impersonation when Using X.509 Client Certificates
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-47838
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-30
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 6.5.0, < 6.5.11 → fixed in 6.5.11
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 6.4.0, <= 6.4.13 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 6.0.0, <= 6.3.10 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: >= 5.8.0, <= 5.8.16 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-web: <= 5.7.14 (no fix yet)
Description
In Spring Security Web, `SubjectDnX509PrincipalExtractor` does not correctly handle certain malformed X.509 certificate CN values, which can lead to reading the wrong value for the username. In a carefully crafted certificate, this can lead to an attacker impersonating another user.
`SubjectDnX509PrincipalExtractor` is deprecated by this CVE and replaced with `SubjectX500PrincipalExtractor`. As part of updating, you should also migrate to `SubjectX500PrincipalExtractor`.
Affected versions:
Spring Security Enterprise 5.7.0 through 5.7.24; 5.8.0 through 5.8.26; 6.3.0 through 6.3.17; 6.4.0 through 6.4.17; 6.5.0 through 6.5.10.
OSS 6.5.0 through 6.5.10.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-47838 SubjectDnX509PrincipalExtractor does not correctly handle certain malformed X.509 certificate CN values, which can lead to reading the… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness