Conversation-state disclosure via fixed AES-GCM initialization vector
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Updated Jul 2, 2026
Cryptographic nonce reuse in Apereo CAS 7.3.0 before 8.0.0-RC6 allows remote attackers to recover webflow conversation state. BaseBinaryCipherExecutor.buildParameterSpec() supplies one all-zero IV for every AES-GCM encryption under the server key, causing client-side execution tokens to reuse a keystream. The unauthenticated login page exposes enough tokens for known-plaintext analysis that reveals encrypted conversation data.
Summary
What happened
Cryptographic nonce reuse in Apereo CAS 7.3.0 before 8.0.0-RC6 allows remote attackers to recover webflow conversation state. BaseBinaryCipherExecutor.buildParameterSpec() supplies one all-zero IV for every AES-GCM encryption under the server key, causing client-side execution tokens to reuse a keystream. The unauthenticated login page exposes enough tokens for known-plaintext analysis that reveals encrypted conversation data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-59099
- Published
- Jul 2, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apereo
- Product
- Apereo CAS
- Classifications
- CWE-323
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=7.3.0 <8.0.0-RC6
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Public exploit references
- AES-GCM zero-IV nonce-reuse proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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