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.
Published: 2026-03-19
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Authentication Bypass
Action: Update
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mgvc-8q2h-5pgc Spring Boot has an Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints
References
History

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vmware
Vmware spring Boot
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware spring Boot

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Spring
Spring spring Security
Vendors & Products Spring
Spring spring Security

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values 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.
Title Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints
Weaknesses CWE-288
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Spring Spring Security
Vmware Spring Boot
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-20T14:45:18.731Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T06:54:41.498Z

Link: CVE-2026-22733

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-20T14:45:14.474Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-20T00:16:15.513

Modified: 2026-04-23T14:24:37.520

Link: CVE-2026-22733

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-20T10:43:44Z

Weaknesses