Bug 2432173 (CVE-2025-22234) - CVE-2025-22234 org.springframework.security/spring-security-core: Spring Security - BCrypt Password Encoder maximum password length breaks timing attack mitigation
Summary: CVE-2025-22234 org.springframework.security/spring-security-core: Spring Secu...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-22234
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-01-22 22:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-01-27 18:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-22 22:02:05 UTC 
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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