Description
Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when an application endpoint that requires authentication is declared under the path used by the CloudFoundry Actuator endpoints. This issue affects Spring Security: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, from 3.5.0 through 3.5.11, from 3.4.0 through 3.4.14, from 3.3.0 through 3.3.17, from 2.7.0 through 2.7.31.
Problem types
CWE-288 Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel
Product status
4.0.0 (custom)
3.5.0 (custom)
3.4.0 (custom)
3.3.0 (custom)
2.7.0 (custom)
References
spring.io/security/cve-2026-22733