CVE-2026-22746: Spring Security Vulnerable to User Attribute Enumeration when Using DaoAuthenticationProvider

CVE-2026-22746 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.7 · Published 2026-04-22

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.

Technologies: org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven), VMware Spring Security. Vendors: Maven, VMware.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-22746 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-22746 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-22746?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.7, published 22 April 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.7.0,last_affected=5.7.22.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-22746?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-22746?
Check whether you run org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) or VMware Spring Security at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.7.0,last_affected=5.7.22
  • VMware Spring Security

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-22746
  • GHSA-vxf7-qj7q-83fh

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