CVE-2026-22731
Authentication Bypass under Actuator Health groups paths
CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
12th
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.
| CWE | CWE-288 |
| Vendor | spring |
| Product | spring boot |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | TechnologyEnterprise |
| Published | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Mar 20, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Affected Versions
Spring / Spring Boot
4.0 < 4.0.3 3.5 < 3.5.11 3.4 < 3.4.15