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High severity · published Mar 19, 2026
CVE-2026-22731
Authentication Bypass under Actuator Health groups paths
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 · Spring
4.0 before 4.0.3; 3.5 before 3.5.11; 3.4 before 3.4.15 · source: vendor, NVD
Affected product
SB
Spring Boot
Spring
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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