Improper authorization control for web services In org.springframework.boot:spring-boot

Description

Spring Boot's default security filter chain has no authorization rule with Actuator but without Health In certain circumstances, Spring Boot's default web security is ineffective allowing unauthorized access to all endpoints. For an application to be vulnerable, it must: be a servlet-based web application; have no Spring Security configuration of its own and rely on the default web security filter chain; depend on spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure; not depend on spring-boot-health. If any of the above does not apply, the application is not vulnerable.

Affected: Spring Boot 4.0.0–4.0.5; upgrade to 4.0.6 or later per vendor advisory.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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