3.7

CVE-2026-22746: spring spring security Observable Timing Discrepancy

CVSS: 3.7v3.1LowAnalyzed
AliasesCGA-246w-465q-vxwqCGA-4fp6-j9j7-m4mvCGA-763j-hpqf-j8mj
Published 22-04-2026Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-22746 is a low (CVSS 3.7) Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability in spring spring security. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CGA-QMVM-MR2P-7QF9

Timeline

  1. 22-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application is using the UserDetails#isEnabled, #isAccountNonExpired, or #isAccountNonLocked user attributes, to enable, expire, or lock users, then DaoAuthenticationProvider's timing attack defense can be bypassed for users who are disabled, expired, or locked.This issue affects Spring Security: from 5.7.0 through 5.7.22, from 5.8.0 through 5.8.24, from 6.3.0 through 6.3.15, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.9, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

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

Chainguard29 products
  • apache-nifi< 2.9.0-r3
  • camunda-8.8< 8.8.24-r0
  • camunda-zeebe-8.6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • camunda-zeebe-8.7< 8.7.29-r0
  • camunda-zeebe-8.8< 8.8.24-r0
Wolfi4 products
  • apache-nifi< 2.9.0-r3
  • jenkins-2-openjdk-21< 2.555.1-r1
  • jenkins-2-openjdk-25< 2.555.1-r1
  • thingsboard-tb-node< 4.3.1.1-r11
Org.springframework.security1 product
  • spring-security-core≥ 5.7.0, ≤ 5.7.22 | ≥ 5.8.0, ≤ 5.8.24 | ≥ 6.3.0, ≤ 6.3.15 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.15 | ≥ 6.5.0, < 6.5.10 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.5
Spring1 product
  • spring security≥ 5.7.0, ≤ 5.7.22 | ≥ 5.8.0, ≤ 5.8.24 | ≥ 6.3.0, ≤ 6.3.15 | ≥ 6.5.0, ≤ 6.5.9 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.4
Vmware1 product
  • spring_security< 5.7.23 | ≥ 5.8.0, < 5.8.25 | ≥ 6.3.0, < 6.3.16 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.16 | ≥ 6.5.0, < 6.5.10 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.5

5 vendors · 36 products

References

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