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


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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
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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2026-03-19T23:29:10.098Z

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 : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2026-03-20T13:37:50.737

Link: CVE-2026-22733

cve-icon Redhat

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