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CVE-2025-41248: CVE-2025-41248: Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on parameterized types
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-289
Description
The Spring Security annotation detection mechanism may not correctly resolve annotations on methods within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. This can be an issue when using @PreAuthorize and other method security annotations, resulting in an authorization bypass. Your application may be affected by this if you are using Spring Security's @EnableMethodSecurity feature. You are not affected by this if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity or if you do not use security annotations on methods in generic superclasses or generic interfaces. This CVE is published in conjunction with CVE-2025-41249 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41249 .
Affected products
- Spring Security: from 6.4.x before 6.4.11; from 6.5.x before 6.5.5 — fixed in 6.4.11, 6.5.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Security 6.4.11, 6.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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