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TI-2018-01161 Aliases CVE-2018-1256GHSA-q4q2-93pw-qwgf

Spring Cloud SSO Connector, version 2.1.2, contains a regression which disables issuer…

Priority LOW 38Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Spring Cloud SSO Connector, version 2.1.2, contains a regression which disables issuer validation in resource servers that are not bound to the SSO service. In PCF deployments with multiple SSO service plans, a remote attacker can authenticate to unbound resource servers which use this version of the SSO Connector with tokens generated from another service plan.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01578 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-sso-connector (Maven): 2.1.3.RELEASE

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PivotalSpring Cloud SSO Connector2.1.2—No fix listedCNA
—io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-sso-connector (Maven)2.1.2.RELEASE to before 2.1.3.RELEASE2.1.3.RELEASEPatch availableGHSA-q4q2-93pw-qwgf
  • Spring Cloud SSO Connector VendorPivotal Affected 2.1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-sso-connector (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.1.2.RELEASE to before 2.1.3.RELEASE Fixed in 2.1.3.RELEASE Patch available GHSA-q4q2-93pw-qwgf

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_sso_connector:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.2VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_sso_connector:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-q4q2-93pw-qwgf io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-sso-connector (Maven) Fixed in 2.1.3.RELEASE Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1256
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4q2-93pw-qwgf

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2017-05637 Improper input validation in Pivotal Spring Data REST and Spring Boot CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-04299 When processing authorization requests using the whitelabel views in Spring Security… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-01165 Code injection in Pivotal Spring Security OAuth CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-11237 DoS Attack via Range Requests CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-02791 Apps Manager unverified SSL certs in Cloud Controller proxy CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-11239 On Demand Services SDK Timing Attack Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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