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CVE-2026-22754: ervlet Path Not Correctly Included in Path Matching of XML Authorization Rules

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-22 · updated 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Vulnerability in Spring Spring Security. If an application uses <sec:intercept-url servlet-path="/servlet-path" pattern="/endpoint/**"/> to define the servlet path for computing a path matcher, then the servlet path is not included and the related authorization rules are not exercised. This can lead to an authorization bypass.This issue affects Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4.

Affected products

• Spring Security: from 7.0.0 before 7.0.5 — fixed in 7.0.5
• Spring Security: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring Security 7.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22754
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22754
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460489
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-22754.json

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