The Spring Security 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 when using @PreAuthorize and other method security annotations, resulting in an authorization bypass.
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-2025-41249 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41249 .
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Description | The Spring Security 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 when using @PreAuthorize and other method security annotations, resulting in an authorization bypass. 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-2025-41249 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41249 . | |
Title | CVE-2025-41248: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on parameterized types | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2025-09-16T10:10:59.953Z
Updated: 2025-09-16T19:28:23.179Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:30:25.625Z
Link: CVE-2025-41248

Updated: 2025-09-16T19:28:12.979Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-09-16T11:15:30.257
Modified: 2025-09-16T20:15:35.000
Link: CVE-2025-41248
