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CVE-2025-22228

Spring Security Does Not Enforce Password Length

BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String) will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same.

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Vulnerability Details
Score
7.4
Score Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Versions
org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto >= 6.3.0 < 6.3.8; org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto >= 6.4.0 < 6.4.4; org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto >= 6.2.0 < 6.2.10; org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto >= 6.1.0 < 6.1.14; org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto >= 6.0.0 < 6.0.16; org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto >= 5.8.0 < 5.8.18; org.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto < 5.7.16
Severity
High
Ecosystem
Publish Date
March 20, 2025
Modified Date
April 25, 2025