CVE-2026-47838 (GCVE-0-2026-47838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 23:50 – Updated: 2026-06-11 03:55
VLAI
Title
Unauthorized User Impersonation when Using X.509 Client Certificates
Summary
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. Affected versions: Spring Security 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.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Spring Spring Security Affected: 5.7.0 , < 5.7.25 (custom)
Affected: 5.8.0 , < 5.8.27 (custom)
Affected: 6.3.0 , < 6.3.18 (custom)
Affected: 6.4.0 , < 6.4.18 (custom)
Affected: 6.5.0 , < 6.5.11 (custom)
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