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High

Erroneous authentication pass in Spring Security

  • Disclosed: 18.03.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:20

In Spring Security, versions 5.7.x prior to 5.7.12, 5.8.x prior to 5.8.11, versions 6.0.x prior to 6.0.9, versions 6.1.x prior to 6.1.8, versions 6.2.x prior to 6.2.3, an application is possible vulnerable to broken access control when it directly uses the AuthenticatedVoter#vote passing a null Authentication parameter.

Specifically, an application is vulnerable if:

The application uses AuthenticatedVoter directly and a null authentication parameter is passed to it resulting in an erroneous true return value.

An application is not vulnerable if any of the following is true:

  • The application does not use AuthenticatedVoter#vote directly.
  • The application does not pass null to AuthenticatedVoter#vote.

Note that AuthenticatedVoter is deprecated since 5.8, use implementations of AuthorizationManager as a replacement.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.springframework.security:spring-security-core < 5.7.12, >= 5.8.0, < 5.8.11, >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.8, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.3 5.7.12, 5.8.11, 6.1.8, 6.2.3

References

CVSS score 8.2/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-287, CWE-862
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.springframework.security:spring-security-core
Disclosed
18.03.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 13:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-f3jh-qvm4-mg39 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.springframework.security:spring-security-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (31) in the archive
Total entries
31
First → latest
10.2018 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • High 11
  • Medium 15
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Spring Security annotation detection mechanism has authorization bypass
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-41248 >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.10, >= 6.5.0, < 6.5.4 6.4.10, 6.5.4
  2. Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on private methods
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2025-41232 >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.6 6.4.6
  3. Erroneous authentication pass in Spring Security this entry
    High · 8.2 CVE-2024-22257 < 5.7.12, >= 5.8.0, < 5.8.11, >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.8, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.3 5.7.12, 5.8.11, 6.1.8, 6.2.3
  4. Broken Access Control in Spring Security With Direct Use of isFullyAuthenticated
    High · 7.4 CVE-2024-22234 >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.7, >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.2 6.1.7, 6.2.2
  5. Spring Security authorization rules can be bypassed via forward or include dispatcher types
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-31692 >= 5.7.0, < 5.7.5, >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.9 5.7.5, 5.6.9
  6. Authorization bypass in Spring Security
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-22978 >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.7, >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.4, < 5.4.11 5.5.7, 5.6.4, 5.4.11
  7. Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring Security
    High · 8.1 CVE-2017-4995 >= 4.2.0.RELEASE, < 4.2.3.RELEASE, >= 5.0.0.M1, < 5.0.0.M2 4.2.3.RELEASE, 5.0.0.M2
  8. Improper Authentication in Spring Security
    High · 7.3 CVE-2014-0097 >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.2.RELEASE, >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5.RELEASE 3.2.2.RELEASE, 3.1.5.RELEASE
  9. Resource Exhaustion in Spring Security
    High · 7.5 CVE-2021-22119 >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.1, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.7, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.10, >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.11 5.5.1, 5.4.7, 5.3.10, 5.2.11
  10. Security Constraint Bypass in Spring Security
    High · 7.5 CVE-2016-9879 < 3.2.10.RELEASE, >= 4.0.0.RELEASE, < 4.1.4.RELEASE, >= 4.2.0.RELEASE, < 4.2.1.RELEASE 3.2.10.RELEASE, 4.1.4.RELEASE, 4.2.1.RELEASE
  11. Authorization Bypass in Spring Security
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2014-3527 < 3.1.7, >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.5 3.1.7, 3.2.5
  12. Signature wrapping vulnerability in Spring Security
    High · 8.8 CVE-2020-5407 >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.4, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.2 5.2.4, 5.3.2
  13. Insufficiently Protected Credentials and Improper Authentication in Spring Security
    High · 7.3 CVE-2019-11272 < 4.2.13 4.2.13
  14. Spring Security vulnerable to Authorization Bypass
    High · 7.4 CVE-2018-15801 >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.2 5.1.2
  15. Spring Security and Spring Framework may not recognize certain paths that should be protected
    High · 7.5 CVE-2016-5007 < 4.1.1 4.1.1

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