🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-41232

CRITICAL 9.1

CVE-2025-41232: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on private methods

CVSS Score
9.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Spring Security Aspects may not correctly locate method security annotations on private methods. This can cause an authorization bypass. Your application may be affected by this if the following are true: * You are using @EnableMethodSecurity(mode=ASPECTJ) and spring-security-aspects, and * You have Spring Security method annotations on a private method In that case, the target method may be able to be invoked without proper authorization. You are not affected if: * You are not using @EnableMethodSecurity(mode=ASPECTJ) or spring-security-aspects, or * You have no Spring Security-annotated private methods

Vendor spring
Product spring security
Ecosystems
Industries
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Published May 21, 2025
Last Updated Feb 26, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Spring / Spring Security
6.4.x < 6.4.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
spring.io: http://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41232