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CVE-2026-22731

Authentication Bypass under Actuator Health groups paths

Published: Mar 19, 2026Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-288
NVD MITRE
8.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when an application endpoint that requires authentication is declared under a specific path, already configured for a Health Group additional path. This issue affects Spring Boot: from 4.0 before 4.0.3, from 3.5 before 3.5.11, from 3.4 before 3.4.15. This CVE is similar but not equivalent to CVE-2026-22733, as the conditions for exploit and vulnerable versions are different.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-288CWE-306

Affected Products

Spring BootSpringOSS Libraries
spring bootvmware
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
springoss-projectOSS Librariesaka spring framework, spring boot, spring security
vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
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References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22731
spring.io

Timeline

Published
Mar 19, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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