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CVE-2026-22748 (GCVE-0-2026-22748)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 05:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 16:00
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Title
Potential Security Misconfiguration when Using withIssuerLocation
Summary
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. When an application configures JWT decoding with NimbusJwtDecoder  or NimbusReactiveJwtDecoder, it must configure an OAuth2TokenValidator<Jwt> separately, for example by calling setJwtValidator.This issue affects Spring Security: from 6.3.0 through 6.3.14, from 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, from 6.5.0 through 6.5.9, from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-22 15:43 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring Spring Security Affected: 6.3.0 , ≤ 6.3.14 (custom)
Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.14 (custom)
Affected: 6.5.0 , ≤ 6.5.9 (custom)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.4 (custom)
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