Description
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application is using the UserDetails#isEnabled, #isAccountNonExpired, or #isAccountNonLocked user attributes, to enable, expire, or lock users, then DaoAuthenticationProvider's timing attack defense can be bypassed for users who are disabled, expired, or locked.This issue affects Spring Security: from 5.7.0 through 5.7.22, from 5.8.0 through 5.8.24, from 6.3.0 through 6.3.15, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.9, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Affected products
vmware: spring security
References1
- spring.io/security/cve-2026-22746 Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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3.7
LOW
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 12 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-208
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