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CVE-2026-22733GHSA-MGVC-8Q2H-5PGC

Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.0.4, 3.5.12
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Spring 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

  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuatorMaven

    From 4.0.0-M1 · fixed in 4.0.4

  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuatorMaven

    From 3.5.0 · fixed in 3.5.12

  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuatorMaven

    From 3.4.0 · through 3.4.13

  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuatorMaven

    From 3.0.0 · through 3.3.13

  • org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuatorMaven

    through 2.7.18

References 1

spring.io