Vmware Spring Security 6.4.0/6.4.1/6.4.2/6.4.3 EnableMethodSecurity authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vmware Spring Security 6.4.0/6.4.1/6.4.2/6.4.3. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component EnableMethodSecurity. Such manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-22223. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vmware Spring Security 6.4.0/6.4.1/6.4.2/6.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component EnableMethodSecurity. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Spring Security 6.4.0 - 6.4.3 may not correctly locate method security annotations on parameterized types or methods. This may cause an authorization bypass.  You are not affected if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity, or you do not have method security annotations on parameterized types or methods, or all method security annotations are attached to target methods

The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-22223 since 01/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 6.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Spring Security 6.4.4

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01/02/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: spring.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-22223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-22223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-300866
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

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Created: 03/24/2025 19:43
Changes: 03/24/2025 19:43 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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