CVE-2020-5408

mediumpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.59% (76th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

36 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-330USprimaryCWE-329USCWE-329USCWE-330USCWE-330US

affected products (36)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Juniper Contrail Service Orchestrationall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:juniper:contrail_service_orchestration:-
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Oracle MySQLall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:mysql:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Spring by VMware Spring Security4.2 → 4.2.16enisa_euvdEU
Spring by VMware Spring Security5.0 → 5.0.16enisa_euvdEU
Spring by VMware Spring Security5.1 → 5.1.10enisa_euvdEU
Spring by VMware Spring Security5.2 → 5.2.4enisa_euvdEU
Spring by VMware Spring Security5.3 → 5.3.2enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. Spring Security4.2.0 → 4.2.16fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. Spring Security5.0.0 → 5.0.16fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. Spring Security5.1.0 → 5.1.10fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. Spring Security5.2.0 → 5.2.4fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. Spring Security5.3.0 → 5.3.2fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Financial Services Applications≤ 14.0.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Financial Services Applications≤ 14.1.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Financial Services Applications≤ 14.4.0fstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0067Oracle MySQL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-01-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle MySQL ausnutzen, um die Verfügbarkeit, Vertraulichkeit und Integrität zu gefährden.
GHSA-2ppp-9496-p23qInsufficient Entropy in Spring Security2020-06-15ghsa · osvUS
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.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-05-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (19)

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