GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc
Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-22234
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | introduced 6.3.8, fixed 6.3.9 |
| Maven · org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | introduced 6.4.4, fixed 6.4.5 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22234 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security PACKAGE
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |