high8.2
CVE-2026-22733
Spring Boot has an Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator | >= 4.0.0-M1, < 4.0.4 | 4.0.4 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Spring Boot | before 2.7.32 from 3.3.0 before 3.3.18 from 3.4.0 before 3.4.15 from 3.5.0 before 3.5.12 from 4.0.0 before 4.0.4 |