CVE-2026-22731 (GCVE-0-2026-22731)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-19 22:36
Modified
2026-03-20 15:33
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-288 - Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Spring Spring Boot Version: 4.0   < 4.0.3
Version: 3.5   < 3.5.11
Version: 3.4   < 3.4.15
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