Vulnerability in Spring Security
CVE-2019-3795
Spring Security versions 4.2.x prior to 4.2.12, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.12, and 5.1.x prior to 5.1.5 contain an insecure randomness vulnerability when using SecureRandomFactoryBean#setSeed to configure a SecureRandom instance. In order to be impacted, an honest application must provide a seed and make the resulting random material available to an attacker for inspection.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Spring Security — versions 5.0, 5.1, 4.2
- VMware Spring Security
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-3795 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107802 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00026.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-3795?
- CVE-2019-3795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring Security, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-04-09.
- How severe is CVE-2019-3795?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-3795 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.