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".
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: pivotal

Published: 2019-06-20T00:00:00

Updated: 2019-07-09T08:06:02

Reserved: 2019-04-18T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2019-11272

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-06-26T14:15:09.980

Modified: 2021-06-08T18:21:06.127


Link: CVE-2019-11272

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