5.3

CVE-2025-22234: spring spring security Observable Timing Discrepancy

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc
Published 22-01-2026Last modified 22-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22234 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability in spring spring security. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 0.42% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.springframework.security1 product
  • spring-security-core≥ 6.3.8, < 6.3.9 | ≥ 6.4.4, < 6.4.5
Spring1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links