GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc

Aliases

CVE-2025-22234

Published

2026-01-22T21:33:47Z

Modified

2026-01-22T22:56:27.314784Z

Severity

5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide

Details

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.

Database specific

{
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-22T22:33:22Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-22T21:15:49Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-208"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Maven / org.springframework.security:spring-security-core

Package

Name: org.springframework.security:spring-security-core; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

6.3.8

Fixed

6.3.9

Affected versions

6.*

6.3.8

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc.json"