8.2
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-22733
Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 20, 2026, 12:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 20, 2026, 12:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH dcf2e128-44bd-42ed-91e8-88f912c1401d
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update Spring Security to a version that addresses the authentication bypass vulnerability.
  • Update Spring Security to a fixed version.
  • Ensure Actuator endpoints are not exposed publicly.
  • Configure Spring Security properly for endpoints.
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URL Resource
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22733
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 20, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-288
    Added Reference https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22733
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