Evidence used
- No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
- The selected CVSS metric records a network-reachable, unauthenticated path with no user interaction.
- EPSS is 0.60% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceFull vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2025-22228High confidence
CVE-2025-22228: Spring Security BCryptPasswordEncoder does not enforce maximum password length
Spring · Spring Security
7.4HighCVSS 3.1
Within 7 days
Fix not verifiedHigh technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
R
Open reassessment dashboard →Operational reassessment
Published severity in operational context
Published severityHigh→Operational priority:High, unchanged from published severity.unchanged
Compensating controls
- Restrict the affected network interface to trusted sources where business-safe.
- Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
- Confirm that the asset runs Spring Spring Security and falls inside the recorded affected range.
- Recheck the vendor advisory before scheduling a change because no verified fixed version is currently retained.
- Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
- Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Open-source package ranges14 source-attributed ranges
These OSV and GitHub advisory ranges apply only to the named package and ecosystem. A listed fixed version is not a universal product patch or proof that an update is installed.
| Ecosystem and package | Affected range | First fixed version | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | ECOSYSTEM: introduced 6.3.0; fixed 6.3.8 | 6.3.8 | OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026 |
| Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | ECOSYSTEM: introduced 6.4.0; fixed 6.4.4 | 6.4.4 | OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026 |
| Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | ECOSYSTEM: introduced 6.2.0; fixed 6.2.10 | 6.2.10 | OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026 |
| Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | ECOSYSTEM: introduced 6.1.0; fixed 6.1.14 | 6.1.14 | OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026 |
| Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | ECOSYSTEM: introduced 6.0.0; fixed 6.0.16 | 6.0.16 | OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026 |
| Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | ECOSYSTEM: introduced 5.8.0; fixed 5.8.18 | 5.8.18 | OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026 |
| Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | ECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 5.7.16 | 5.7.16 | OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026 |
| mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | >= 6.3.0, < 6.3.8 | 6.3.8 | GitHub advisory ↗github reviewed aggregator · 26 Apr 2025 |
| mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.4 | 6.4.4 | GitHub advisory ↗github reviewed aggregator · 26 Apr 2025 |
| mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | >= 6.2.0, <= 6.2.9 | 6.2.10 | GitHub advisory ↗github reviewed aggregator · 26 Apr 2025 |
| mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | >= 6.1.0, <= 6.1.13 | 6.1.14 | GitHub advisory ↗github reviewed aggregator · 26 Apr 2025 |
| mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.15 | 6.0.16 | GitHub advisory ↗github reviewed aggregator · 26 Apr 2025 |
| mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | >= 5.8.0, <= 5.8.17 | 5.8.18 | GitHub advisory ↗github reviewed aggregator · 26 Apr 2025 |
| mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-crypto | <= 5.7.15 | 5.7.16 | GitHub advisory ↗github reviewed aggregator · 26 Apr 2025 |
High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
Fix not verified01
What, why and how
BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String) will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same.
What
BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String) will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same.
Why
The affected component does not establish the requesting party's identity reliably before granting access.
How
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
What
BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String) will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same.
Why
The affected component does not establish the requesting party's identity reliably before granting access.
How
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
02
Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation No confirmed evidence
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material None recorded
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
- Likely attack path
- a network path → Improper Authentication → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
- Attack surface
- Network
- Privileges required
- None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High: exploitation depends on specific conditions
- Security boundary
- Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
- Weakness
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CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness. - CWE-287 ↗
CWE-287: Improper Authentication. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
- CVSS vector
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CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACHighAttack complexity: Successful exploitation depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.ANoneAvailability impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.- Post-exploitation / living off the land
- No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
03
Patch and workaround
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
- Status
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Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change. - Fix not verified
- Affected
- Spring Security: 5.7.x < 5.7.16, 5.8.x < 5.8.18, 6.0.x < 6.0.16, 6.1.x < 6.1.14, 6.2.x < 6.2.10, 6.3.x < 6.3.8, 6.4.x < 6.4.4
- Fixed
- No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
- Action
- No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
- Workaround
- No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
Official vendor articles1 stored document
Linked articles are downloaded and versioned as source evidence. A CVE mention or approved update relationship does not, by itself, verify a fix for every product branch.
- Security Bulletin - June 16 2026 | Atlassian Support | Atlassian Documentation →Original publisher ↗Searchable text snapshot · Captured 27 Sep 2026Unable to load Security Bulletin - June 16 2026 Security Advisories & Bulletins November 2022: Atlassian Security Advisories Overview Archived Security Advisories Security Advisories for Apps July 2022: Atlassian Security Advisories Overview August 2022: Atlassian Security Advisories Overview January 2023: Securit
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Evidence and provenance
Published 20 Mar 2025 · Last source change 26 Feb 2026, 19:09 UTC · CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
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The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-6744
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCISA ADP
NVD statusNVD not scheduled
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.
Material change intelligence
View recent updates ↗What changed after publication
No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
- CWE
- Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
- CNA
- CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
- CISA ADP
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
- CERT / CSIRT
- A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
- PoC
- Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
- CSAF
- Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
- LoTL
- Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.