🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-22228

HIGH 7.4

CVE-2025-22228: Spring Security BCryptPasswordEncoder does not enforce maximum password length

CVSS Score
7.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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

Vendor spring
Product spring security
Ecosystems
Industries
TechnologyEnterprise
Published Mar 20, 2025
Last Updated Feb 26, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Spring / Spring Security
5.7.x < 5.7.16 5.8.x < 5.8.18 6.0.x < 6.0.16 6.1.x < 6.1.14 6.2.x < 6.2.10 6.3.x < 6.3.8 6.4.x < 6.4.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
spring.io: https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22228 security.netapp.com: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0009/