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    "id": "CVE-2020-5408",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5408",
    "idYear": 2020,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2020-05-14T17:15:13.256Z",
    "updatedAt": "2024-09-17T01:01:47.960Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "Dictionary attack with Spring Security queryable text encryptor",
      "summary": "Spring Security versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.2, 5.2.x prior to 5.2.4, 5.1.x prior to 5.1.10, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.16 and 4.2.x prior to 4.2.16 use a fixed null initialization vector with CBC Mode in the implementation of the queryable text encryptor. A malicious user with access to the data that has been encrypted using such an encryptor may be able to derive the unencrypted values using a dictionary attack.",
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              "version": "5.3",
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              "versionType": "custom",
              "lessThan": "5.3.2"
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