CVE-2026-22747
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.
Published:Apr 22, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 28, 2026
EPS:Apr 22, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00025
CVSS Score:6.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Spring
Product
Spring Security
Spring
Spring Security
Vendor
Vmware
Product
Spring Security
Vmware
Spring Security
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
