High severity · published Mar 20, 2025
CVE-2025-22228
CVE-2025-22228: Spring Security BCryptPasswordEncoder does not enforce maximum password length
7.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
Spring Security · Spring
5.7.x before 5.7.16; 5.8.x before 5.8.18; 6.0.x before 6.0.16; 6.1.x before 6.1.14; 6.2.x before 6.2.10; 6.3.x before 6.3.8; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22228
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22228
spring.io
https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22228
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0009/
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