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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-3527 · published 25 May 2017

CVE-2014-3527: Vmware spring security improper authentication vulnerability

Vmware · Spring Security

When using the CAS Proxy ticket authentication from Spring Security 3.1 to 3.2.4 a malicious CAS Service could trick another CAS Service into authenticating a proxy ticket that was not associated. This is due to the fact that the proxy ticket authentication uses the information from the HttpServletRequest which is populated based upon untrusted information within the HTTP request. This means if there are access control restrictions on which CAS services can authenticate to one another, those restrictions can be bypassed. If users are not using CAS Proxy tickets and not basing access control decisions based upon the CAS Service, then there is no impact to users.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 1.8% · top 22.1% CWE-287 · Improper authentication
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.5
1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

When using the CAS Proxy ticket authentication from Spring Security 3.1 to 3.2.4 a malicious CAS Service could trick another CAS Service into authenticating a proxy ticket that was not associated. This is due to the fact that the proxy ticket authentication uses the information from the HttpServletRequest which is populated based upon untrusted information within the HTTP request. This means if there are access control restrictions on which CAS services can authenticate to one another, those restrictions can be bypassed. If users are not using CAS Proxy tickets and not basing access control decisions based upon the CAS Service, then there is no impact to users.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-3527 Vendor Advisory
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-3527 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-3527), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.