# CVE-2025-41248: CVE-2025-41248: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on parameterized types

- Also known as: GHSA-8V5Q-RHF3-JPHM
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.4.11, 6.5.5, 6.4.10, 6.5.4
- Published: 2025-09-16 · Updated: 2025-09-18

## Affected

- VMware Spring Security: from 6.4.x, fixed in 6.4.11; from 6.5.x, fixed in 6.5.5
- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven): from 6.4.0, fixed in 6.4.10
- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven): from 6.5.0, fixed in 6.5.4

## Description

The Spring Security annotation detection mechanism may not correctly resolve annotations on methods within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. This can be an issue when using @PreAuthorize and other method security annotations, resulting in an authorization bypass. Your application may be affected by this if you are using Spring Security's @EnableMethodSecurity feature. You are not affected by this if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity or if you do not use security annotations on methods in generic superclasses or generic interfaces. This CVE is published in conjunction with CVE-2025-41249 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41249 .

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring, VMware, upgrade to a fixed version (6.4.11, 6.5.5, 6.4.10, 6.5.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41248

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