Medium [CVE-2026-47842] Spring Security: Applications using AesBytesEncryptor with the two-argument constructor or when passing a null IV generator and CBC as…
This medium-severity VMware (Broadcom) advisory covers CVE-2026-47842 affecting Spring Security.
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Summary
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 7.1.0
- Spring Security 7.0.0 through 7.0.6
- Spring Security 6.5.0 through 6.5.11
- Spring Security 6.4.0 through 6.4.18
- Spring Security 5.8.0 through 5.8.27
- Spring Security 5.7.0 through 5.7.25
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.
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