CVE-2025-22228 HIGH

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

Vendor Spring
Product Spring Security
Published March 20, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 20, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated