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.
Published: 2026-04-22
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Information Disclosure – User Attribute Enumeration
Action: Patch Immediately
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vxf7-qj7q-83fh Spring Security Vulnerable to User Attribute Enumeration when Using DaoAuthenticationProvider
History

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Vmware
Vmware spring Security
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware spring Security

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-208
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Spring
Spring spring Security
Vendors & Products Spring
Spring spring Security

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title User Attribute Enumeration when Using DaoAuthenticationProvider
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Spring Spring Security
Vmware Spring Security
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-22T13:36:42.801Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T06:55:03.990Z

Link: CVE-2026-22746

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-22T13:36:25.578Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-22T06:16:02.780

Modified: 2026-04-24T14:20:02.473

Link: CVE-2026-22746

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-04-22T05:02:24Z

Links: CVE-2026-22746 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-27T19:30:12Z

Weaknesses