Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-22234

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreMaven	>= 6.3.8, < 6.3.9	6.3.9
org.springframework.security:spring-security-coreMaven	>= 6.4.4, < 6.4.5	6.4.5

Affected products

ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.springframework.security/spring-security-core
Range: >= 6.3.8, < 6.3.9

Patches

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fcghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22234ghsaADVISORY
spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234ghsaWEB
spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234/nvd

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