7.5

CVE-2019-11272: debian debian_linux Improper Authentication

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighAnalyzed
AliasesDLA-1848-1GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5
Published 26-06-2019Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11272 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-06-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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".

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • libspring-security-2.0-java< 2.0.7.RELEASE-3+deb8u2
  • debian_linuxEOL8.0
Org.springframework.security2 products
  • spring-security-cas< 4.2.13.RELEASE
  • spring-security-core< 4.2.13
Spring1 product
Vmware1 product

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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