CVE-2012-5055: VMware Springsource Spring Security

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

DaoAuthenticationProvider in VMware SpringSource Spring Security before 2.0.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not check the password if the user is not found, which makes the response delay shorter and might allow remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via a series of login requests.

Affected products

• VMware Springsource Spring Security: up to and including 2.0.6; version 2.0.0 only; version 2.0.1 only; version 2.0.2 only; version 2.0.3 only; version 2.0.4 only; …

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