GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-mgvc-8q2h-5pgc Spring Boot has an Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints

HIGH Published 2026-03-20 Modified 2026-03-20 Official page ↗
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.

Related

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

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