CVE-2026-22746: VMware Spring Security

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• VMware Spring Security: before 5.7.23 (fixed in 5.7.23); from 5.8.0, before 5.8.25 (fixed in 5.8.25); from 6.3.0, before 6.3.16 (fixed in 6.3.16); from 6.4.0, before 6.4.16 (fixed in 6.4.16); from 6.5.0, before 6.5.10 (fixed in 6.5.10); from 7.0.0, before 7.0.5 (fixed in 7.0.5)

Published 2026-04-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.