medium5.3
CVE-2025-22234
Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.springframework.security:spring-security-core | = 6.3.8 | 6.3.9 |