What is GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc?

GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc cover?

GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-22234. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc?

GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc?

GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc affects 2 products, including: maven/org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:= 6.3.8; maven/org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:= 6.4.4.

GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fcMediumCVSS 5.3

Spring Security has a broken timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvide

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

January 22, 2026

Last Modified

January 22, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-22234 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products2

maven/org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:= 6.3.8
maven/org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:= 6.4.4

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22234
https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc