GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-mgvc-8q2h-5pgc Spring Boot has an Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-22733
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-288
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-20
Affected packages
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator: >= 4.0.0-M1, < 4.0.4 → fixed in 4.0.4
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator: >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.12 → fixed in 3.5.12
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator: >= 3.4.0, <= 3.4.13 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator: >= 3.0.0, <= 3.3.13 (no fix yet)
• Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator: <= 2.7.18 (no fix yet)
Description
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.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-22733 Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when an application endpoint that… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel weakness