High severity · published Mar 19, 2026
CVE-2026-22731
Spring Boot applications with Actuator can be vulnerable to an "Authentication Bypass" vulnerability when an application endpoint that requires authentication is declared under a…
8.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SB
Spring Boot · Vmware
3.4.0 before 3.4.15; 3.5.0 before 3.5.12; 4.0.0 before 4.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22731
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22731
Vendor Advisory
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22731
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