Access Control Bypass Affecting org.springframework.security:spring-security-config package, versions [7.0.0-M1,7.0.5)
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- published22 Apr 2026
- disclosed22 Apr 2026
- creditApex
Introduced: 22 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-22753 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade org.springframework.security:spring-security-config to version 7.0.5 or higher.
Overview
org.springframework.security:spring-security-config is a security configuration package for Spring Framework.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass in the securityMatchers component when a PathPatternRequestMatcher.Builder bean is used to prepend a servlet path. An attacker can bypass authentication, authorization, and other security controls by crafting requests that are not properly matched to the intended filter chain.