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Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CVE-2026-22733

Severity High
Score 8.2/10

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 versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, 3.5.0 through 3.5.11, 3.4.0 through 3.4.14, 3.3.0 through 3.3.17 and 2.7.0 through 2.7.31.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published