Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22234

Published
22 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0040 33th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22234 is a medium-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Spring (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 33th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-6 (Authentication Feedback) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The fix applied in CVE-2025-22228 inadvertently broke the timing attack mitigation implemented in DaoAuthenticationProvider. This can allow attackers to infer valid usernames or other authentication behavior via response-time differences under certain configurations.

CWE(s)
CWE-208

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-44368Shared CWE-208
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CVE-2025-59058Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-33129Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-40194Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-9537Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-28464Shared CWE-208
CVE-2024-41828Shared CWE-208

Affected Assets

Spring
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • IA-6 Authentication Feedback
  • SI-11 Error Handling
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V11.2.4

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

IA-6 Authentication Feedback good match
prevent

Directly limits observable authentication feedback (including timing differences) that could allow inference of valid usernames in DaoAuthenticationProvider.

SI-11 Error Handling partial match
prevent

Requires error handling that avoids distinguishable timing or response variations between valid and invalid authentication attempts.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match
prevent

Enforces consistent access decision paths so that authentication outcomes do not leak information through observable timing discrepancies.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require constant-time implementations that eliminate observable timing discrepancies.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.17 Clock synchronization none match
none

Consistent reference clocks limit the attacker's ability to measure or manipulate timing differences that could reveal internal state or processing paths.

References