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VMwareCVE-2026-47842

VMware Spring Security: weak encryption

VMware

CVE-2026-47842 · Published Aug 26, 2026 · updated Sep 4, 2026

Medium6.5
No fix yet
VMware advisory

Applications using AesBytesEncryptor with the two-argument constructor or when passing a null IV generator and CBC as the encryption mode encrypt data with AES/CBC using a null (all-zero) initialization vector.

Spring Security 7.1.0

Spring Security 7.0.0 - 7.0.6

Spring Security 6.5.0 - 6.5.11

Spring Security 6.4.0 - 6.4.18

Spring Security 5.8.0 - 5.8.27

Spring Security 5.7.0 - 5.7.25

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Spring Security
Product
<= 7.1.0No fix yet
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.6No fix yet
>= 6.5.0, <= 6.5.11No fix yet
>= 6.4.0, <= 6.4.18No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-326

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