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GHSA-VJ7F-9Q44-G5XV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-27 21:31 – Updated: 2026-08-27 21:31

Details

Several components in Spring Security compare security-sensitive values using standard string equality (String.equals()) rather than a constant-time comparison. Because String.equals() returns as soon as it finds a differing character, the time taken to reject an incorrect value is proportional to the number of leading characters that match the expected value. Spring Security 7.1.0 Spring Security 7.0.0 - 7.0.6 Spring Security 6.5.0 - 6.5.11 Spring Security 6.4.0 - 6.4.18 Spring Security 5.8.0 - 5.8.27 Spring Security 5.7.0 - 5.7.25

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2026-59276 (GCVE-0-2026-59276)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 17:57 – Updated: 2026-08-28 14:00

Title

Timing Attack via Non-Constant-Time Comparison of Sensitive Values

Summary

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-28 13:59 UTC

CWE

CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy
CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy

Assigner

vmware mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59276

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Spring	Spring Security	Affected: 7.1.0 (custom) Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.6 (custom) Affected: 6.5.0 , ≤ 6.5.11 (custom) Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.18 (custom) Affected: 5.8.0 , ≤ 5.8.27 (custom) Affected: 5.7.0 , ≤ 5.7.25 (custom)

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