SCA: security update for org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436909

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2025-22234)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqxh-445g-37fc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436909

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22234

cwe: CWE-208