CVE-2025-22228

Spring Security Does Not Enforce Password Length

Description

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

Patch Available

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Fix without upgrading

Score

7.4

Severity

High

Ecosystem

Java

Publish Date

March 20, 2025

Modified Date

February 3, 2026

Score Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Versions