CVE-2026-47842

Deterministic AES/CBC Encryption in Spring Security AesBytesEncryptor Allows Ciphertext Correlation

Published Aug 26, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vmware
Vmware spring Security
Weaknesses CWE-326
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware spring Security
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-327
CWE-330
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Spring
Spring spring Security
Weaknesses CWE-327
CWE-330
Vendors & Products Spring
Spring spring Security
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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
Title Deterministic AES/CBC Encryption in Spring Security AesBytesEncryptor Allows Ciphertext Correlation
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
vmware
Published
Updated
Aug 26, 2026, 7:45 PM
Reserved
May 20, 2026, 10:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 26, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Sep 4, 2026, 7:34 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 26, 2026, 7:22 PM