diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/bcrypt/BCrypt.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/bcrypt/BCrypt.java
index cce8c11c9c..f6c677057b 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/bcrypt/BCrypt.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/bcrypt/BCrypt.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 package org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt;
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 
@@ -912,17 +914,6 @@ public class BCrypt {
 	}
 
 	static boolean equalsNoEarlyReturn(String a, String b) {
-		char[] caa = a.toCharArray();
-		char[] cab = b.toCharArray();
-
-		if (caa.length != cab.length) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		byte ret = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < caa.length; i++) {
-			ret |= caa[i] ^ cab[i];
-		}
-		return ret == 0;
+		return MessageDigest.isEqual(a.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), b.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/AbstractPasswordEncoder.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/AbstractPasswordEncoder.java
index e3857d38c7..f70e289adc 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/AbstractPasswordEncoder.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/AbstractPasswordEncoder.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.crypto.codec.Hex;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.keygen.BytesKeyGenerator;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.keygen.KeyGenerators;
 
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+
 import static org.springframework.security.crypto.util.EncodingUtils.concatenate;
 import static org.springframework.security.crypto.util.EncodingUtils.subArray;
 
@@ -59,14 +61,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 	 * Constant time comparison to prevent against timing attacks.
 	 */
 	protected static boolean matches(byte[] expected, byte[] actual) {
-		if (expected.length != actual.length) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		int result = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < expected.length; i++) {
-			result |= expected[i] ^ actual[i];
-		}
-		return result == 0;
+		return MessageDigest.isEqual(expected, actual);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/PasswordEncoderUtils.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/PasswordEncoderUtils.java
index e82ae0b482..6bf5b937ae 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/PasswordEncoderUtils.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/PasswordEncoderUtils.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.security.crypto.password;
 
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.codec.Utf8;
 
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+
 /**
  * Utility for constant time comparison to prevent against timing attacks.
  *
@@ -33,16 +35,8 @@ class PasswordEncoderUtils {
 	static boolean equals(String expected, String actual) {
 		byte[] expectedBytes = bytesUtf8(expected);
 		byte[] actualBytes = bytesUtf8(actual);
-		int expectedLength = expectedBytes == null ? -1 : expectedBytes.length;
-		int actualLength = actualBytes == null ? -1 : actualBytes.length;
 
-		int result = expectedLength == actualLength ? 0 : 1;
-		for (int i = 0; i < actualLength; i++) {
-			byte expectedByte = expectedLength <= 0 ? 0 : expectedBytes[i % expectedLength];
-			byte actualByte = actualBytes[i % actualLength];
-			result |= expectedByte ^ actualByte;
-		}
-		return result == 0;
+		return MessageDigest.isEqual(expectedBytes, actualBytes);
 	}
 
 	private static byte[] bytesUtf8(String s) {
diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder.java
index 552a0be7cf..3fa38e6774 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.security.crypto.password;
 
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.Base64;
 
@@ -141,22 +142,7 @@ public class Pbkdf2PasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 	public boolean matches(CharSequence rawPassword, String encodedPassword) {
 		byte[] digested = decode(encodedPassword);
 		byte[] salt = subArray(digested, 0, this.saltGenerator.getKeyLength());
-		return matches(digested, encode(rawPassword, salt));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Constant time comparison to prevent against timing attacks.
-	 */
-	private static boolean matches(byte[] expected, byte[] actual) {
-		if (expected.length != actual.length) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		int result = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < expected.length; i++) {
-			result |= expected[i] ^ actual[i];
-		}
-		return result == 0;
+		return MessageDigest.isEqual(digested, encode(rawPassword, salt));
 	}
 
 	private byte[] decode(String encodedBytes) {
diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/StandardPasswordEncoder.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/StandardPasswordEncoder.java
index 95d7ea5e68..c07fb5bf9f 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/StandardPasswordEncoder.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/StandardPasswordEncoder.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.crypto.codec.Utf8;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.keygen.BytesKeyGenerator;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.keygen.KeyGenerators;
 
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+
 /**
  * This {@link PasswordEncoder} is provided for legacy purposes only and is not considered
  * secure.
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ public final class StandardPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 	public boolean matches(CharSequence rawPassword, String encodedPassword) {
 		byte[] digested = decode(encodedPassword);
 		byte[] salt = subArray(digested, 0, saltGenerator.getKeyLength());
-		return matches(digested, digest(rawPassword, salt));
+		return MessageDigest.isEqual(digested, digest(rawPassword, salt));
 	}
 
 	// internal helpers
@@ -105,21 +107,6 @@ public final class StandardPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 		return Hex.decode(encodedPassword);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Constant time comparison to prevent against timing attacks.
-	 */
-	private boolean matches(byte[] expected, byte[] actual) {
-		if (expected.length != actual.length) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		int result = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < expected.length; i++) {
-			result |= expected[i] ^ actual[i];
-		}
-		return result == 0;
-	}
-
 	private static final int DEFAULT_ITERATIONS = 1024;
 
 }
diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/scrypt/SCryptPasswordEncoder.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/scrypt/SCryptPasswordEncoder.java
index 198f91adf1..21fed49ba7 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/scrypt/SCryptPasswordEncoder.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/scrypt/SCryptPasswordEncoder.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.security.crypto.scrypt;
 
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.util.Base64;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -152,15 +153,7 @@ public class SCryptPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 		byte[] generated = SCrypt.generate(Utf8.encode(rawPassword), salt, cpuCost, memoryCost, parallelization,
 				keyLength);
 
-		if (derived.length != generated.length) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		int result = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < derived.length; i++) {
-			result |= derived[i] ^ generated[i];
-		}
-		return result == 0;
+		return MessageDigest.isEqual(derived, generated);
 	}
 
 	private String digest(CharSequence rawPassword, byte[] salt) {
diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/rememberme/TokenBasedRememberMeServices.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/rememberme/TokenBasedRememberMeServices.java
index 67723d189a..614cf904d1 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/rememberme/TokenBasedRememberMeServices.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/rememberme/TokenBasedRememberMeServices.java
@@ -256,15 +256,8 @@ public class TokenBasedRememberMeServices extends AbstractRememberMeServices {
 	private static boolean equals(String expected, String actual) {
 		byte[] expectedBytes = bytesUtf8(expected);
 		byte[] actualBytes = bytesUtf8(actual);
-		if (expectedBytes.length != actualBytes.length) {
-			return false;
-		}
 
-		int result = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < expectedBytes.length; i++) {
-			result |= expectedBytes[i] ^ actualBytes[i];
-		}
-		return result == 0;
+		return MessageDigest.isEqual(expectedBytes, actualBytes);
 	}
 
 	private static byte[] bytesUtf8(String s) {