Protection Mechanism Failure in Spring Security - CVE-2025-22234
Published: April 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107857
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22234
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Spring Security
How to mitigate CVE-2025-22234
Install updates from vendor's website.
Spring Security - addressed in versions 5.7.17, 5.8.19, 6.0.17, 6.1.15, 6.2.11, 6.3.9, 6.4.5