CVE-2025-22234
Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-22234
To remediate CVE-2025-22234, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 6.3.9 or later
Is CVE-2025-22234 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 6.3.8, < 6.3.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |