CVE-2025-22234 (GCVE-0-2025-22234)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 21:02 – Updated: 2026-01-22 21:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Spring Security - BCrypt Password Encoder maximum password length breaks timing attack mitigation
Summary
The fix applied in CVE-2025-22228 inadvertently broke the timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvider. This can allow attackers to infer valid usernames or other authentication behavior via response-time differences under certain configurations.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-22 21:27 UTC
CWE
- CWE-208 - Timing Descrepency
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234/ | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Spring Security |
Affected:
5.7.16
(semver)
Affected: 5.8.18 (semver) Affected: 6.0.16 (semver) Affected: 6.1.14 (semver) Affected: 6.2.10 (semver) Affected: 6.3.8 (semver) Affected: 6.4.4 (semver) |
guessed |
Date Public
2025-04-25 15:43
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