Security advisory

{
  "id": "02a11e4b2e972183f67dd7f03bf3238ee69d1e3b3230912f7bb21c2d5c9af3b8",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5408",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-5408",
    "summary": "Spring Security versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4, 5.1.x prior to 5.1.10, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.16 and 4.2.x prior to 4.2.16 use a fixed null initialization vector with CBC Mode in the implementation of the queryable text encryptor. A malicious user with access to the data that has been encrypted using such an encryptor may be able to derive the unencrypted values using a dictionary attack.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-5408",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-5408",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-5408",
        "GHSA-2ppp-9496-p23q"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "24fcb6c45a55333e5b856b6c73f14b68ceca0e19"
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                {
                  "fixed": "7b61962915e3c452fe34230c5c5c354bd44bad3d"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "62e7762e8f3f2f810b01f2c23f211de627331aa8"
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                {
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                {
                  "introduced": "c073705d555d94bd271dabb16990d87a33a8284c"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "16c350a7bcaec7218d96d42c743d748a243478f4"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "4.2.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "4.2.16"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "5.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.0.16"
                      }
                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.1.10"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.2.15.RELEASE",
            "5.0.15.RELEASE",
            "5.1.9.RELEASE",
            "4.2.14.RELEASE",
            "5.1.8.RELEASE",
            "5.0.14.RELEASE",
            "5.1.7.RELEASE",
            "5.1.6.RELEASE",
            "5.0.13.RELEASE",
            "4.2.13.RELEASE",
            "4.2.12.RELEASE",
            "5.0.12.RELEASE",
            "5.1.5.RELEASE",
            "5.1.4.RELEASE",
            "5.0.11.RELEASE",
            "5.1.3.RELEASE",
            "4.2.11.RELEASE",
            "4.2.10.RELEASE",
            "5.0.10.RELEASE",
            "5.1.2.RELEASE",
            "4.2.9.RELEASE",
            "5.0.9.RELEASE",
            "5.1.1.RELEASE",
            "5.1.0.RELEASE",
            "5.0.8.RELEASE",
            "5.0.7.RELEASE",
            "4.2.7.RELEASE",
            "5.0.6.RELEASE",
            "4.2.6.RELEASE",
            "5.0.5.RELEASE",
            "5.0.4.RELEASE",
            "4.2.5.RELEASE",
            "5.0.3.RELEASE",
            "5.0.2.RELEASE",
            "4.2.4.RELEASE",
            "5.0.1.RELEASE",
            "5.0.0.RELEASE",
            "4.2.3.RELEASE",
            "4.2.2.RELEASE",
            "4.2.1.RELEASE",
            "4.2.0.RELEASE"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5408.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:31.927284639Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html",
        "https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5408"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "pivotal_software:spring_security",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "5.2.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "5.2.4"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "5.3.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "5.3.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-5408",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432913,
  "published_at": "2020-05-14T18:15:12.25+00:00"
}