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CVE-2020-5407

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5407 is a signature wrapping vulnerability affecting Spring Security versions 5.2.x before 5.2.4 and 5.3.x before 5.3.2, specifically within the spring-security-saml2-service-provider component. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to append a malicious, yet seemingly valid, assertion to an otherwise legitimate SAML response, which Spring Security will then accept. Rated 8.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it presents a significant risk with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreFixed in: 5.2.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreFixed in: 5.3.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-48rw-j489-928mhigh

Signature wrapping vulnerability in Spring Security

Jun 5, 2020

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r73af928cf64bebf78b7fa4bc56a5253273ec7829f5f5827f64c72fc7%40%3Cissues.servicemix.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ra19a4e7236877fe12bfb52db07b27ad72d9e7a9f5e27bba7e928e18a%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd99601fbca514f214f88f9e53fd5be3cfbff05b350c994b4ec2e184c%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
tanzu.vmware.com / security/cve-2020-5407
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html