CVE-2025-41249

CVE-2025-41249: Spring Framework Annotation Detection Vulnerability

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSpring Framework

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Spring Framework annotation detection mechanism may not correctly resolve annotations on methods within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. This can be an issue if such annotations are used for authorization decisions. Your application may be affected by this if you are using Spring Security's @EnableMethodSecurity feature. You are not affected by this if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity or if you do not use security annotations on methods in generic superclasses or generic interfaces. This CVE is published in conjunction with CVE-2025-41248 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41248 .

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.3.x ≤ v < 5.3.456.1.x ≤ v < 6.1.236.2.x ≤ v < 6.2.115.3.x6.1.x6.2.x
Affected range stops below 5.3.45, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.2.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHvmware
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-285

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