CVE-2025-22228: CVE-2025-22228: Spring Security BCryptPasswordEncoder does not enforce maximum password length
High · CVSS 7.4 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.61%, 49th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: vmware
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Spring: Spring Security
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- spring.io/security/cve-2025-22228 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)