TI-2026-42409 Aliases CVE-2026-59276 GHSA-vj7f-9q44-g5xv

Timing Attack via Non-Constant-Time Comparison of Sensitive Values

LOW 26CWE-208Published 2026-08-27 · Updated 2026-08-28

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-208.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00332 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
VMware	Spring Security	7.1.0; 7.0.0 – 7.0.6; 6.5.0 – 6.5.11; 6.4.0 – 6.4.18; 5.8.0 – 5.8.27; 5.7.0 – 5.7.25	—	No fix listed	CNA

Spring Security VendorVMware Affected 7.1.0; 7.0.0 – 7.0.6; 6.5.0 – 6.5.11; 6.4.0 – 6.4.18; 5.8.0 – 5.8.27; 5.7.0 – 5.7.25 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security::::::::	5.7.0 to before 5.7.26; 5.8.0 to before 5.8.28; 6.4.0 to before 6.4.19; 6.5.0 to before 6.5.12; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.6.1; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.0.1	Vulnerable	VMware

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.7.0 to before 5.7.26; 5.8.0 to before 5.8.28; 6.4.0 to before 6.4.19; 6.5.0 to before 6.5.12; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.6.1; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
OpenShift Developer Tools and Services	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Fuse 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59276
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vj7f-9q44-g5xv

References

Advisory 1

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59276

TI-2023-16900 Improper access control in Spring Security CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-13611 Authorization bypass in Spring by VMware CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-07154 Incorrect authorization in Spring Security CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-42404 Spring Security embedded UnboundID LDAP server exposes well-known administrative bind DN on all network interfaces CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
TI-2026-18257 Under Some Conditions Spring Security HTTP Headers Are not Written CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2014-02853 Improper authentication in Pivotal Spring Security CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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