Answer in brief
CVE-2026-47842 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Deterministic AES/CBC Encryption in Spring Security AesBytesEncryptor Allows Ciphertext Correlation. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Spring/Spring Security (generic), Spring/Spring Security (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Spring/Spring Security (generic), Spring/Spring Security (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Spring/Spring Securitygeneric | 7.1.0 || 7.0.0 || 6.5.0 || 6.4.0 || 5.8.0 || 5.7.0 | Not reported |
| Spring/Spring Securitygeneric | 7.1.0 || >=7.0.0 <=7.0.6 || >=6.5.0 <=6.5.11 || >=6.4.0 <=6.4.18 || >=5.8.0 <=5.8.27 || >=5.7.0 <=5.7.25 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 4, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 26, 2026
Applications using AesBytesEncryptor with the two-argument constructor or when passing a null IV generator and CBC as the encryption mode encrypt data with AES/CBC using a null (all-zero) initialization vector. Spring Security 7.1.0 Spring Security 7.0.0 - 7.0.6 Spring Security 6.5.0 - 6.5.11 Spring Security 6.4.0 - 6.4.18 Spring Security 5.8.0 - 5.8.27 Spring Security 5.7.0 - 5.7.25
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