What is CVE-2025-22223?

CVE-2025-22223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring Security, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2025-22223?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-22223 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Spring Security

CVE-2025-22223

Spring Security 6.4.0 - 6.4.3 may not correctly locate method security annotations on parameterized types or methods. This may cause an authorization bypass. You are not affected if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity, or you do not…

EPSS: 0.000 (10.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Spring Security — versions 6.4.0-6.4.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

spring.io/security/cve-2025-22223

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22223?: CVE-2025-22223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Spring Security, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-22223?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-22223 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.