High severity · published Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-22754
ervlet Path Not Correctly Included in Path Matching of XML Authorization Rules
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application uses <sec:intercept-url servlet-path="/servlet-path" pattern="/endpoint/**"/> to define the servlet path for computing a path matcher, then the servlet path is not included and the related authorization rules are not exercised. This can lead to an authorization bypass.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
Spring Security · Spring
7.0.0 through 7.0.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22754
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22754
Mitigation
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22754
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22754
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460489
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-22754.json
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