CVE-2014-0097: VMware Spring Security

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator in Spring Security 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 and 3.1.0 to 3.1.5 does not check the password length. If the directory allows anonymous binds then it may incorrectly authenticate a user who supplies an empty password.

Affected products

• VMware Spring Security: version 3.1.0 only; version 3.1.1 only; version 3.1.2 only; version 3.1.3 only; version 3.1.4 only; version 3.1.5 only; …

Published 2017-05-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.