CVE-2025-22234

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.springframework.security:spring-security-core 6.3.9, 6.4.5.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-208
Published: 2026-01-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc	Maven	org.springframework.security:spring-security-core	>=6.3.8 <6.3.9	6.3.9
GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc	Maven	org.springframework.security:spring-security-core	>=6.4.4 <6.4.5	6.4.5

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234/

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