CVE-2026-22747
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.02
BB Relevance:
66/100
Published: 2026-04-22
Modified: 2026-10-26
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
Integ. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
Low
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
High
A:
None
Description
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. SubjectX500PrincipalExtractor does not correctly handle certain malformed X.509 certificate CN values, which can lead to reading the wrong value for the username. In a carefully crafted certificate, this can lead to an attacker impersonating another user. This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Affected Software (1)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| vmware | spring_security | 7.0.0 – 7.0.5 |
References & Advisories (4)
Vendor Advisory