GHSA-MG83-C7GQ-RV5C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-20 06:31 – Updated: 2025-04-26 00:30
VLAI
Summary
Spring Security Does Not Enforce Password Length
Details

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

Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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  "aliases": [
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  "details": "BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String)\u00a0will incorrectly return true\u00a0for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same.",
  "id": "GHSA-mg83-c7gq-rv5c",
  "modified": "2025-04-26T00:30:24Z",
  "published": "2025-03-20T06:31:09Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22228"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0009"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}


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