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CVE-2026-22733

Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints

Published: Mar 19, 2026Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-288
NVD MITRE
8.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 73.1%
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 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 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-288

Affected Products

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

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22733
spring.io

Timeline

Published
Mar 19, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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