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CVE-2026-22731

Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when an application

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.2 EPSS 0.00036
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function
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Affected Products & Versions

3
vmware spring boot>= 3.4.0 and < 3.4.15
vmware spring boot>= 3.5.0 and < 3.5.12
vmware spring boot>= 4.0.0 and < 4.0.4
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator HIGH
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Scoring & Timeline

8.2
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@vmware.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD19 Mar 2026 · 11:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2026:17668Important
rhsaRHSA-2026:10175Important
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22731Vendor Advisory
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