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
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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +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

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-465

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-208
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-465

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

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Description 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
Title Timing Attack via Non-Constant-Time Comparison of Sensitive Values
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T14:00:41.248Z

Reserved: 2026-07-04T18:13:09.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-59276

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T14:00:37.984Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-27T20:17:53.863

Modified: 2026-09-02T16:45:37.810

Link: CVE-2026-59276

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-27T17:57:34Z

Links: CVE-2026-59276 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T18:15:06Z

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