CVE-2025-22228

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

HIGH

7.4

CVSS Score

Published: March 20, 2025 at 05:49 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:45 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSpring Security

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Severity

HIGH7.4

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Spring Security · Spring

60%

5.7.x ≤ v < 5.7.165.8.x ≤ v < 5.8.186.0.x ≤ v < 6.0.166.1.x ≤ v < 6.1.146.2.x ≤ v < 6.2.106.3.x ≤ v < 6.3.86.4.x ≤ v < 6.4.45.7.x 5.8.x 6.0.x 6.1.x 6.2.x 6.3.x 6.4.x

Affected range stops below 5.7.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.8.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.0.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.1.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.3.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: [email protected]

https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22228

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0009/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.4HIGHvmware

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-287

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