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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22747 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
24 Apr 2026, 14:18
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22747 - Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Vmware spring Security
Vmware |
22 Apr 2026, 17:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CWE | CWE-297 |
22 Apr 2026, 06:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-22 06:16
Updated : 2026-04-24 14:18
NVD link : CVE-2026-22747
Mitre link : CVE-2026-22747
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-22747
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Products Affected
vmware
- spring_security
CWE
CWE-297
Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch