CVE-2011-2731: VMware Springsource Spring Security

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Springsource Spring Security: up to and including 2.0.6; up to and including 3.0.5; version 2.0.0 only; version 2.0.1 only; version 2.0.2 only; version 2.0.3 only; …

Published 2012-12-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.