CVE-2014-0097

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator in Spring Security 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 and 3.1.0 to 3.1.5 does not check the password length. If the directory allows anonymous binds then it may incorrectly authenticate a user who supplies an empty password.

Affected products

Spring Security: 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5 (+2)
Spring Security: from 3.2.0 through 3.2.1; from 3.1.0 through 3.1.5

References

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-0097
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-0097
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

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