CVE-2026-22733 (GCVE-0-2026-22733)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 23:29 – Updated: 2026-03-20 14:45
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Title
Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-288 - Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel
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Vendor Product Version
Spring Spring Security Affected: 4.0.0 , ≤ 4.0.3 (custom)
Affected: 3.5.0 , ≤ 3.5.11 (custom)
Affected: 3.4.0 , ≤ 3.4.14 (custom)
Affected: 3.3.0 , ≤ 3.3.17 (custom)
Affected: 2.7.0 , ≤ 2.7.31 (custom)
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