SB2025042310 - Protection mechanism failure in Spring Security
Published: April 23, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025042310
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Protection Mechanism Failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22234)
CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the BCryptPasswordEncoder caused by a fix for #VU105881 (CVE-2025-22228), which broke the timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvider. A remote attacker can brute-force weak passwords.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.