Detections
Analytics

Spring Security 5.7 < 5.7.16 / 5.8 < 5.8.18 / 6.0 < 6.0.16 / 6.1 < 6.1.14 / 6.2 < 6.2.10 / 6.3 < 6.3.8 / 6.4 < 6.4.4 Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-22228)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233464

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Synopsis

The remote host contains a web application framework that is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

The remote host contains a Spring Security version that is 5.7 prior to 5.7.16, 5.8 prior to 5.8.18, 6.0 prior to 6.0.16, 6.1 prior to 6.1.14, 6.2 prior to 6.2.10, or 6.3 prior to 6.3.8, 6.4 prior to 6.4.4. It may, therefore, be affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String) will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Spring Security version 5.7.16, 5.8.18, 6.0.16, 6.1.12, 6.2.10, or 6.3.8 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233464

File Name: spring_security_CVE-2025-22228.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 3/28/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pivotal_software:spring_security

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Spring Security

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22228

IAVA: 2025-A-0197