CVE-2025-22234 (GCVE-0-2025-22234)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 21:02 – Updated: 2026-01-22 21:27
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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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
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)
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Credits
Jonas Robl
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