CVE-2026-47842 (GCVE-0-2026-47842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 19:22 – Updated: 2026-08-26 19:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Deterministic AES/CBC Encryption in Spring Security AesBytesEncryptor Allows Ciphertext Correlation
Summary
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
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-26 19:31 UTC
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Security |
Affected:
7.1.0
(custom)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.6 (custom) Affected: 6.5.0 , ≤ 6.5.11 (custom) Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.18 (custom) Affected: 5.8.0 , ≤ 5.8.27 (custom) Affected: 5.7.0 , ≤ 5.7.25 (custom) |
guessed |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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