CVE-2019-11272: PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords that are null

June 26, 2019 (updated June 27, 2019)

Spring Security supports plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. a malicious user (or attacker) can authenticate using a password of null.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11272
pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11272

Code Behaviors & Features

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