{"cve":"CVE-2019-11272","nvd":{"published":"2019-06-26T14:15:09.980","modified":"2026-06-17T02:12:38.923","status":"Analyzed","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":7.3},"cwes":["CWE-522","CWE-287"],"references":["https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html","https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00008.html","https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","vmware:spring_security"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:57:00.690689396+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-11272","score":0.01382,"percentile":0.72165,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v33x-prhc-gph5","summary":"Insufficiently Protected Credentials and Improper Authentication in Spring Security","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:00.599848Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security:spring-security-core","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core","ranges":["<4.2.13"],"fixed":["4.2.13"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.springframework.security:spring-security-cas","purl":"pkg:maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-cas","ranges":["<4.2.13.RELEASE"],"fixed":["4.2.13.RELEASE"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}