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Observable Timing Discrepancy

CVE-2025-22234

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

The fix applied in CVE-2025-22228 inadvertently broke the timing attack mitigation implemented in "DaoAuthenticationProvider" for Spring Security. This can allow attackers to infer valid usernames or other authentication behavior via response-time differences under certain configurations. This affects versions 6.3.8 and 6.4.4.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published