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CVE-2025-22234

Spring Security - BCrypt Password Encoder maximum password length breaks timing attack mitigation

Published: Jan 22, 2026Updated: Jan 26, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-208
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-208

Affected Products

Broadcom Inc.
commercial·USaka vmware by broadcom
Spring SecurityLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core
OSS Libraries
Spring
oss-projectaka spring boot, spring security, spring framework
Spring Security
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://gbhackers.com/spring-security-vulnerability/
gbhackers.com
https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234
spring.io
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security.git
github.com
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