What is CVE-2025-22228?

CVE-2025-22228 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Security. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2025-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2025-22228?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-22228 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Spring Security

CVE-2025-22228

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

EPSS: 0.001 (20.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Spring Security — versions 5.7.x, 5.8.x, 6.0.x

Public proof-of-concept exploits

tanjiti/sec_

References

spring.io/security/cve-2025-22228

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22228?: CVE-2025-22228 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Security. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2025-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-22228?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-22228 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.