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.
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| Link | Providers |
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| https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-47838 |
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Spring spring Security |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Unauthorized User Impersonation when Using X.509 Client Certificates | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-287 | |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-11T03:55:26.845Z
Reserved: 2026-05-20T10:00:51.003Z
Link: CVE-2026-47838
Updated: 2026-06-10T17:13:06.382Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-06-10T00:16:54.897
Modified: 2026-06-10T19:24:04.320
Link: CVE-2026-47838
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Updated: 2026-06-10T02:15:19Z