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

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

Published: 2025-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-22228 is rated Moderate Risk (41.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-22228

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-27 0.03% 0.14% +0.11%
2 2026-02-18 0.06% 0.03% -0.02%
3 2025-08-28 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-22228

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-22228

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-22228

GHSA-mg83-c7gq-rv5c · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Spring Security Does Not Enforce Password Length

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-22228

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22228

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-22228

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-22228

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