CVE-2026-22731
March 19, 2026
Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when an application endpoint that requires authentication is declared under a specific path, already configured for a Health Group additional path.
This issue affects Spring Boot: from 4.0 before 4.0.3, from 3.5 before 3.5.11, from 3.4 before 3.4.15.
This CVE is similar but not equivalent to CVE-2026-22733, as the conditions for exploit and vulnerable versions are different.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v3.5.0-M1 <v3.5.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.5.12https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v4.0.0-M1 <v4.0.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.0.4Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05
