CVE-2019-3795

Insecure Randomness When Using a SecureRandom Instance Constructed by Spring Security

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS Score

Published: April 9, 2019 at 03:29 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC

3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxSpring SecuritySpring Security

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Severity

MEDIUM5.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

Spring Security versions 4.2.x prior to 4.2.12, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.12, and 5.1.x prior to 5.1.5 contain an insecure randomness vulnerability when using SecureRandomFactoryBean#setSeed to configure a SecureRandom instance. In order to be impacted, an honest application must provide a seed and make the resulting random material available to an attacker for inspection.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

8.0

Spring Security · VMware

95%

4.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.125.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.125.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.5

Affected range stops below 4.2.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.0.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Spring Security · Spring

60%

4.2 ≤ v < 4.2.11.RELEASE5.0 ≤ v < 5.0.11.RELEASE5.1 ≤ v < 5.1.4.RELEASE4.2 5.0 5.1

Affected range stops below 4.2.11.RELEASE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.0.11.RELEASE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.1.4.RELEASE, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-3795

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107802

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00026.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-3795

CVSS

5.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: LOW
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-330

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