GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide

MEDIUM Published 2026-01-22 Modified 2026-01-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-22234
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-208
Reviewed
2026-01-22

Affected packages

• Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core: >= 6.3.8, < 6.3.9 → fixed in 6.3.9 • Maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core: >= 6.4.4, < 6.4.5 → fixed in 6.4.5

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-22234 The fix applied in CVE-2025-22228 inadvertently broke the timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvider. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy weakness

References