Improper Authentication in Spring Security

published 2017-05-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-gv9v-c375-hvmg , EUVD-2022-4013

cvss: 7.3; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

The ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator in Spring Security 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 and 3.1.0 to 3.1.5 does not check the password length. If the directory allows anonymous binds then it may incorrectly authenticate a user who supplies an empty password.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 3

maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core 3.1.5.RELEASE, 3.2.2.RELEASE

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0097 updated 2026-01-28 cvss 7.5

Framework: empty passwords may bypass authentication

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.0	7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.springframework.security:spring-security-core	>=3.2.0, <3.2.2.RELEASE >=3.1.0, <3.1.5.RELEASE	3.2.2.RELEASE 3.1.5.RELEASE

Affected products

Pivotal Spring Security

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

Technology feeds

Spring rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-0097
GitHub Advisory GHSA-gv9v-c375-hvmg
NVD CVE-2014-0097

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Summary