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GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc: Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide
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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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2025-22234
Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 22, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 22, 2026
Package
maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven)
Affected versions
= 6.3.8
= 6.4.4
Patched versions
6.3.9
6.4.5
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jan 22, 2026
Last updated
Jan 22, 2026
EPSS score