GHSA-293Q-567P-WMWQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-10 00:31 – Updated: 2026-06-30 21:35
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Summary
Spring Security Vulnerable to Unauthorized User Impersonation when Using X.509 Client Certificates
Details

In Spring Security Web, 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.

SubjectDnX509PrincipalExtractor is deprecated by this CVE and replaced with SubjectX500PrincipalExtractor. As part of updating, you should also migrate to SubjectX500PrincipalExtractor.

Affected versions: Spring Security Enterprise 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. OSS 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
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  "id": "GHSA-293q-567p-wmwq",
  "modified": "2026-06-30T21:35:09Z",
  "published": "2026-06-10T00:31:53Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "Spring Security Vulnerable to Unauthorized User Impersonation when Using X.509 Client Certificates"
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