CVE-2026-22747
6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
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
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Security | 7.0.0 <= 7.0.4 | affected |
Weaknesses
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
Spring Security: Spring Security: User impersonation via malformed X.509 certificate Common Name (CN) values
Additional References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22747
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460487
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-22747.json
References
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