CVE-2026-22731

HIGH EPSS 25.2%
Published Mar 19, 20263mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Mar 19, 2026 3mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.1
Exploitability
2.2
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
25.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-288
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function Authentication

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
vmwarespring_boot*≥3.4.0  –  <3.4.15
vmwarespring_boot*≥3.5.0  –  <3.5.12
vmwarespring_boot*≥4.0.0  –  <4.0.4

References 1

  • spring.io https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22731
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.