CVE-2025-22234

Published: Jan 22, 2026

Modified: Jan 22, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Spring	Spring Security	affected `5.7.16` affected `5.8.18` affected `6.0.16` affected `6.1.14` affected `6.2.10` +2 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-208

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

Spring Security Advisory: CVE-2025-22234

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CVE-2025-22234

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References