Vmware Spring Security up to 6.4.15/6.5.9/7.0.4 One-Time Token Login toctou

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A vulnerability was found in Vmware Spring Security up to 6.4.15/6.5.9/7.0.4. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component One-Time Token Login. The manipulation results in toctou. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-22751. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Vmware Spring Security up to 6.4.15/6.5.9/7.0.4. Affected is some unknown processing of the component One-Time Token Login. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a toctou vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-367. The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. Applications that explicitly configure One-Time Token login with JdbcOneTimeTokenService are vulnerable to a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. This issue affects Spring Security: from 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.9, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.

The advisory is shared for download at spring.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-22751 since 01/09/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/16/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.4.16, 6.5.10 or 7.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2026-24227) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1221). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
• VMware Tanzu Spring Security

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Vendor

• Vmware

Name

• Spring Security

Version

• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7
• 6.4.8
• 6.4.9
• 6.4.10
• 6.4.11
• 6.4.12
• 6.4.13
• 6.4.14
• 6.4.15
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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