CVE-2011-2731
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization in Spring Security
EPSS 0.23%
Description
Race condition in the RunAsManager mechanism in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.7 and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 stores the Authentication object in the shared security context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted thread.
How to fix CVE-2011-2731
To remediate CVE-2011-2731, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.springframework.security:spring-security-core—upgrade to 2.0.7 or later
Is CVE-2011-2731 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.0.7