Spring Security – BCrypt Password Encoder maximum password length breaks timing attack mitigation_CVE-2025-22234

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    "description": "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.",
    "published": "2026-01-22T21:02:23.992Z",
    "modified": "2026-01-22T21:27:13.558Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Spring Security - BCrypt Password Encoder maximum password length breaks timing attack mitigation",
    "source": "vmware",
    "references": "https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-22234/",
    "id": "CVE-2025-22234",
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    "cwe": [
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    "version": "5.7.16",
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