CVE-2026-22733: spring spring security
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-22733 is a high (CVSS 8.2) vulnerability in spring spring security. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 19-03-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 20-03-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.37%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
29%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.36% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard19 products
- apache-nifi-registry< 2.8.0-r3
- camunda-8.8< 8.8.22-r0
- camunda-zeebe-8.6< 8.6.39-r0
- camunda-zeebe-8.7< 8.7.27-r0
- camunda-zeebe-8.8< 8.8.22-r0
Org.springframework.boot1 product
- spring-boot-starter-actuator≥ 4.0.0-M1, < 4.0.4 | ≥ 3.5.0, < 3.5.12 | ≥ 3.4.0, ≤ 3.4.13 | ≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.3.13 | ≤ 2.7.18
Spring1 product
- spring security≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.3 | ≥ 3.5.0, ≤ 3.5.11 | ≥ 3.4.0, ≤ 3.4.14 | ≥ 3.3.0, ≤ 3.3.17 | ≥ 2.7.0, ≤ 2.7.31
Vmware1 product
- spring_boot< 2.7.32 | ≥ 3.3.0, < 3.3.18 | ≥ 3.4.0, < 3.4.15 | ≥ 3.5.0, < 3.5.12 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.4
Wolfi1 product
- apache-nifi-registry< 2.8.0-r3
5 vendors · 23 products