CVE-2025-22234 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-22234

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

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Jonas Robl

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Spring Security
Vulnerable Versions:
5.7.16, 5.8.18, 6.0.16, 6.1.14, 6.2.10, 6.3.8, 6.4.4

Timeline

Official Publish: January 22nd, 2026
Last Modified: January 22nd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-208

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.