CVE-2026-22733

Authentication Bypass under Actuator CloudFoundry endpoints

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSpring BootSpring Security

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

v < 2.7.323.3.0 ≤ v < 3.3.183.4.0 ≤ v < 3.4.153.5.0 ≤ v < 3.5.124.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.4
2.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.7.313.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.3.173.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.4.143.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.5.114.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.32.7.03.3.03.4.03.5.04.0.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22733

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-288

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